Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai has said the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is yet to provide the investigative docket needed to begin extradition proceedings against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking in an interview with GHONE TV on Monday [October 20, 2025] monitored by Graphic Online, Dr Srem-Sai said the Attorney General’s Office has made several formal requests for the documents but has not received any response.
He explained that although the OSP has placed Mr Ofori-Atta on an Interpol red alert, the legal process to bring him back from the United States cannot move forward without the complete docket.
“We’ve made several requests to the OSP, written letters, written demands, asking that now that you’ve announced to the world that you are ready to have this person extradited… we still do not have the docket from the OSP,” Dr Srem-Sai said.
He stated that the Interpol red alert only serves as a notice to the international community that Mr Ofori-Atta is wanted, but it does not amount to an extradition request.
“The Interpol alert is not an extradition procedure,” he said. “We are the only authority that can make an extradition request, but we need a docket from the OSP to be able to make that request. Without the docket, you cannot go to the American authorities and say this is the person we want.”
Dr Srem-Sai said the Attorney General’s Office has been waiting for the OSP’s documents for nearly two months, despite public claims that the docket was ready.
“It’s been about two months now, and we still do not have the dockets from the OSP,” he said.
He explained that extradition requests must include full evidence files and legal justifications, similar to what the United States submits when requesting extraditions from Ghana.
“When they ask for people to be extradited, they bring the full docket as if they are going to court. We must do the same,” he said.
A-G is 'only authority' that can make extradition request on Ken Ofori-Atta, OSP has not released complete docket to us — Justice Srem-Sai https://t.co/Fr2NyzwyyC pic.twitter.com/7ltV6NbJc7
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