Like the Kenyan lawyer, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, Ghana’s former Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, thinks persons appointed to head anti-graft institutions in Africa are expected by their appointees to pretend to be fighting corruption.
He says corruption as a canker is frowned upon by African leaders in words and not in deed, the reason they have issues with persons who are truly committed to get it abated.
Reiterating a statement he once made about himself on Onua TV’s morning show, Maakye, Mr. Domelevo, though sarcastically, told Alfred Ocansey on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, May 18, 2024, that, Kissi Agyebeng might have not read his terms of reference correctly.
He explains whilst it is written that he (Agyebeng) is supposed to fight corruption, those who appointed him were actually expecting him to pretend to be fighting the menace. He noted the recent development is an indication that corruption is fighting fight back at him.
“To me it will mean that definitely they are in a hurry to get him off because definitely Kissi did not read his terms of reference correctly, if you would allow me to say, I’m being sarcastic I do not mean that he did not read it well. Most of the time when you’re appointed to anti-corruption positions you think your job or mandate is to fight corruption but those who appointed you want you to just pretend to be fighting corruption. I think that was his mandate but he misread it. He thought his job was to fight corruption and corruption is fighting back and they are not happy with him so I will not be surprised,” he said in relation to his assertion that the President may be asking Mr. Kissi Agyebeng to step aside whilst investigation is ongoing.
Kissi Agyebeng likely to be asked to step aside as Special Prosecutor – Domelevo
Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, the former Special Prosecutor, has filed a petition for the impeachment of William Kissi Agyebeng as the current occupant of the office.
Mr Amidu alleges procurement breaches in the purchase of vehicles for the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and abuses involving judges and the administration of justice as part of his call for Mr. Agyebeng’s impeachment.
Other allegations include violations of citizens’ rights through arrests and detentions, violations of the right to information, and improper appointments of personnel to the office.
Additionally, Mr. Amidu alleges a violation of the right to information when he requested appointment letters and salary details of all OSP staff to be put on a pen drive for him, which Mr. Agyebeng refused.
The petition dated April 30, 2024, was presented to President Akufo-Addo and forwarded to the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, on May 6, 2024 for onward processing.
The Chief Justice, according to sources, is determining whether there is a prima facie case to establish a committee for Mr. Agyebeng’s removal as required by the Constitution in Article 146.
