Interpol red notice issued for Ghana’s former finance minister

Ken Ofori-Atta skipped authoritative summons implicit respective corruption claims, including multimillion-dollar cathedral project.

Ghana’s erstwhile concern minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been placed connected Interpol’s reddish announcement database aft allegedly utilizing nationalist bureau for idiosyncratic gain.

Ofori-Atta, whose determination remains unclear arsenic helium reportedly seeks aesculapian treatment, is being investigated implicit a drawstring of high-profile contracts relating to petroleum revenues, energy proviso and ambulance procurement.

He is besides nether probe implicit a arguable nationalist cathedral task that swallowed tens of millions of dollars successful nationalist wealth yet remains small much than a spread successful the ground.

The reddish announcement – a petition to constabulary worldwide to detain a fishy pending extradition – was issued 4 days aft Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) re-declared the 65-year-old a wanted idiosyncratic aft helium failed to look for a scheduled interrogation.

The OSP insists Ofori-Atta indispensable look successful person, rejecting requests from his ineligible squad for a virtual league connected aesculapian grounds.

The prosecutor’s notice, published by the state-run Ghana News Agency connected Monday, stated a fig of imaginable locations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Guyana, Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.

“We volition not countenance this conduct, not successful this case,” Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng told section media connected Monday.

Frank Davies, a subordinate of Ofori-Atta’s ineligible team, was cited by the quality bureau AFP arsenic saying aesculapian records had been submitted “in bully faith”, but that “the bureau has chosen to disregard them”.

“The peculiar authoritative is not being delicate to the issues astatine hand, particularly knowing that Mr Ofori-Atta is unwell and receiving treatment,” said Davies connected Friday.

The caller medication of President John Mahama has been connected the heels of erstwhile authorities appointees to relationship for their tenure successful office.

The lawyer wide is presently gathering 33 cases of corruption and related offences against erstwhile authorities appointees.

Ofori-Atta served arsenic erstwhile President Nana Akufo-Addo’s concern curate for 7 years.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies