Attorney-General — Ghana's chief legal officer and prosecutor, involved in constitutional litigation over Office of Special Prosecutor powers and criminal cases including Wontumi fraud trial.
Former Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has taken a critical stance on the government’s anti-corruption agenda, arguing that the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative has effectively collapsed. …
… Nurudeen specifically criticised former Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, saying he was the least qualified person to comment on matters relating to accountability and corruption investigations. …
… The groups want to participate in the case of Adamtey v Attorney-General as amici curiae, meaning friends of the court, to provide legal and policy perspectives to assist the court in its determination. …
… nt of the two accused persons with 3 others in court on charges whose weakness and frivolity were exposed by defence counsel through objections raised and upheld by the court at the Case Management Conference held in the course of the trial.” According to him the Attorney-General …
… Mr Dame also criticised earlier public commentary on the case, referencing statements he said were made by the Attorney-General prior to formal charges being filed. …
… The Bill adds a procedural enhancement: in the event of expropriation claims, the Attorney-General is mandated to defend such claims on behalf of the state, providing investors with greater certainty as to the institutional counterpart in any such proceedings. …
… President Mahama noted that the government, through the Attorney-General, has already submitted a bill to Parliament aimed at establishing regional tribunals to enhance the efficiency of the justice system and speed up the prosecution of cases. …
The recent High Court decision suggesting that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) requires fresh authorization from the Attorney-General (AG) each time it seeks to prosecute a criminal matter has triggered intense legal and public debate. …
Under Ghana's Legal Profession Act and rules, lawyers cannot withdraw from representing a client without "good cause," though optional withdrawal is permitted in cases of lost confidence or unpaid fees, and mandatory withdrawal is required in certain circumstances. The article examines this framework in the context of a lead defence counsel seeking to withdraw from the high-profile Samaraboi/Akonta Mining criminal case after trial conclusion.
Under Ghana's Legal Profession Act and rules, lawyers cannot withdraw from representing a client without "good cause," though optional withdrawal is permitted in cases of lost confidence or unpaid fees, and mandatory withdrawal is required in certain circumstances. The article examines this framework in the context of a lead defence counsel seeking to withdraw from the high-profile Samaraboi/Akonta Mining criminal case after trial conclusion.
The High Court in Accra has dismissed lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi's application to withdraw from the criminal case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited, Kwame Antwi, and Chairman Wontumi, after the Attorney-General objected that no legal requirement exists for counsel to seek court permission before withdrawing. The case has been adjourned to July 3, 2026, for judgment, with a new deadline of June 24, 2026, for closing addresses.
The Adentan High Court has ordered that Greater Accra Regional Minister Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo be served with a motion on notice seeking her committal for contempt of court. The order follows a dispute over the development of land earmarked for fencing the Dodowa Forest, which is the subject of ongoing litigation between an applicant and the Attorney-General.
The Assin Kyekyewere Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged three men — Godwin Kwabena Mensah, 28, Kwadwo Frimpong, 20, and Kwabena Antwi, 30 — standing trial for attempted robbery, after the judge upheld a submission of no case to answer, ruling that the prosecution failed to adduce sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case against the accused.
The Member of Parliament for Akwatia has called for clarity and accountability in ongoing plea negotiations involving the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, who is standing trial over an alleged GH¢14.3 million loan fraud linked to the Ghana Export-Import Bank. The MP stressed that while plea bargaining is legitimate, any settlement must not obscure accountability.
Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has clarified that plea negotiations initiated by Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) in an alleged GH¢14.3 million Exim Bank loan fraud case should not be viewed as an admission of guilt, describing it as a legal strategy available to both prosecution and defence teams.
The CEO of CenCES has urged the Attorney-General to consider accepting a plea bargain in the case involving Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako if it would serve justice and enable recovery of state resources, arguing that plea bargaining is an established component of Ghana's criminal justice system and can secure restitution while avoiding lengthy proceedings.
The Attorney-General has filed a preliminary legal objection at the High Court to block defence lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi's application to withdraw from the criminal case involving Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako and others. The State's objection raises grounds of jurisdiction, capacity, and standing, arguing the withdrawal application raises fundamental legal questions requiring judicial determination.
A coalition of 14 Civil Society Organisations has appealed to Ghana's Supreme Court to affirm the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, describing it as vital to the country's anti-corruption framework. The court is set to deliver judgment on July 29, 2026, in the case *Adamtey v. Attorney-General*, which challenges the legality of the law establishing the OSP.
Fourteen civil society organisations have submitted a joint defence of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court ahead of a July 29, 2026 verdict in Adamtey v. Attorney-General, a case questioning the constitutional validity of the anti-corruption institution's establishment.
Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has clarified that plea bargaining in Ghana's legal framework does not automatically mean admission of guilt, noting that negotiations between an accused person and the state can result in charge withdrawal, reduced sentences, or other outcomes beyond conviction.
The Supreme Court will deliver a judgment on July 29, 2026, in a constitutional case brought by lawyer Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey, challenging whether Parliament lawfully granted the Office of the Special Prosecutor independent investigative and prosecutorial powers, arguing the 1992 Constitution vests prosecutorial authority exclusively in the Attorney-General.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a case filed in December 2025 challenging whether Parliament unconstitutionally granted prosecutorial powers to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Attorney-General's office argues that Article 88(3) of the Constitution vests prosecutorial powers solely in its office and that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by passing the OSP Act, 2017.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a hearing on a constitutional case challenging whether Parliament had the authority to grant the Office of the Special Prosecutor independent prosecutorial powers. The case, filed by private legal practitioner Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey, argues that Articles 88(3) and 88(4) of the Constitution vest prosecutorial authority solely in the Attorney-General, and that the OSP Act 2017 was unconstitutional.
Parliament passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill on May 29, shifting focus to whether President Mahama will assent to it. Though he indicated during campaigning that he would sign such a bill, his position has become more cautious since taking office; he has suggested alternative approaches like moral education, preferred a government-sponsored bill, and raised concerns about procedural irregularities in the bill's passage.
J.A. Plant Pool and its Executive Chairman Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong have pledged to vigorously defend against a legal action by the Attorney-General seeking to recover US$2 million under a District Road Improvement Programme contract, categorically denying any indebtedness and maintaining all obligations were fulfilled.
The Court of Appeal has directed the Attorney-General and EOCO to disclose documents in the ongoing criminal trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, who are being tried over alleged theft of GH¢49.1 million in public funds. The three-member panel upheld the couple's appeal that the High Court's refusal to order disclosure violated their constitutional right to a fair trial.
President John Mahama has warned public officials implicated in financial irregularities to either refund misappropriated funds or face imprisonment, citing annual audit reports that show Ghana loses 12 billion cedis from misappropriations. He stated that newly established audit courts mark a major step toward ensuring tangible consequences for those cited in audit findings, with government intending to strengthen collaboration between the Attorney-General and Auditor-General to pursue cases and recover lost funds.
Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers has filed suit in the Supreme Court seeking to invalidate provisions of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 and the Electronic Communications Act, 2008, arguing they unconstitutionally restrict freedom of speech and the press. He challenges Section 208(1), which criminalises publications likely to cause fear and alarm, and Section 208(2), which places the burden on the accused to prove accuracy of statements.
The Supreme Court has granted an application by the Trustees of the Methodist Church Ghana to be joined as defendants in the legal challenge over religious policies at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast. The suit, filed by private legal practitioner Shaffic Osman, challenges policies that allegedly prohibit Muslim students from wearing hijab, observing Ramadan fasting, and undertaking Islamic prayers while requiring all students to participate in Christian worship.
The Supreme Court has granted an application by 14 civil society organisations to join the case of Adamtey v Attorney-General, which challenges the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The organisations include the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Transparency International Ghana, and others with interests in governance and anti-corruption issues.
A High Court judgment found the Ghana Police Service liable for violating the rights of journalists and demonstrators during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest. The lawyer for the plaintiffs said his clients are satisfied with the ruling, which includes a formal apology from the police and marks a broader victory for press freedom and constitutional rights protection in Ghana, though the clients had hoped for higher compensation.
Ghana's High Court ruled that the Ghana Police Service violated the constitutional rights of journalists and demonstrators during the September 2023 #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest, awarding applicant Bridget Otoo and two others GH¢100,000 in compensatory damages, GH¢50,000 in general damages, and GH¢30,000 in legal costs. Lawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini, representing the applicants, said the damages are not punitive enough despite calling the ruling an important victory for press freedom.
The High Court's Human Rights Division ruled that the Ghana Police Service violated the fundamental rights of journalist Bridget Otoo and two other applicants during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration in September 2023, finding officers committed physical abuse, unlawful detention, and interference with their work.
Ghana's High Court ruled that the Ghana Police Service violated the constitutional rights of journalist Bridget Otoo and two other applicants during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest in September 2023, finding officers engaged in physical assault, unlawful detention, and interference with journalistic activity. The court awarded the applicants compensatory damages of GH¢100,000, general damages of GH¢50,000, and legal costs of GH¢30,000.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's oath-taking ceremonies for public officials have lost meaning given decades of corruption, mismanagement, and theft of public funds, citing unrecovered judgment debts and scandals like GYEEDA and SADA.
The High Court's Criminal Division 4 has rejected an oral application by the defence to stay proceedings in the National Service Scheme scandal trial. The defence counsel had sought to suspend proceedings pending a Supreme Court application challenging the constitutionality of a 2018 practice direction, but the trial court found no evidence that the Supreme Court application had been properly served.
Ghana's anti-corruption architecture—built over three decades through the Office of the Special Prosecutor (created 2017), the Economic and Organised Crime Office, and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice—has come under simultaneous High Court and constitutional pressure. In April and May 2026, rulings declared the OSP's independent prosecutorial mandate void and expunged an EOCO lawyer from a high-profile case, threatening to reduce the system from functioning accountability to a "formally impressive but practically defanged structure."
A leading law firm accused state investigators of intimidation and abuse of process after two of its lawyers were arrested and detained in connection with the PDS-ECG matter. The firm said media reports and social media posts, including one from the President's Spokesman, wrongly portrayed it and its lawyers as having engaged in wrongdoing.
JoyNews' The Law programme hosted a discussion on case withdrawals and re-arrests, prompted by the re-arrest of former NAFCO CEO Abdul-Wahab Hanan Aludiba and his wife Faiza Seidu Wuni by EOCO shortly after the Attorney-General withdrew charges against them. Legal experts examined the implications for prosecutorial discretion, due process, and the rule of law in Ghana's justice system.