The Member of Parliament for Gushegu and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Hassan Tampuli, has accused unnamed actors of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to weaken the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) following its pursuit of high-profile corruption cases.
Speaking on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority at a press conference, Tampuli argued that recent petitions, parliamentary engagements, and court actions against the OSP were not independent legal processes but deliberate political moves aimed at undermining the anti-corruption institution.
He described the petitions submitted to President John Mahama seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor as “political weapons” rather than genuine legal complaints.
“The petitions were not serious legal instruments. They were political weapons designed to harass, delegitimise, and remove from office a public servant whose crime was that he was doing his job,” he said.
Mr Tampuli’s remarks come in the wake of the Accra High Court’s ruling on 15 April 2026, which declared all OSP prosecutions null and void on constitutional grounds. The decision has intensified public and political debate over the mandate and future of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
According to him, the petitions were first reviewed after being referred to the Chief Justice, with no prima facie case reportedly established against the Special Prosecutor.
“Three referred formally to the Chief Justice. Zero prima facie case established,” he stated.
He further alleged that after the petition process failed, attempts were made in Parliament to restrict the powers of the OSP, but those efforts did not succeed.
Mr Tampuli also pointed to a Supreme Court case filed by a private legal practitioner challenging the constitutional basis of the OSP’s prosecutorial authority, describing it as the “third phase” of what he believes is a sustained attempt to dismantle the institution through legal means.
“When you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,” he said.
The Supreme Court case is yet to be determined.
The Minority maintains that the timing of the petitions, parliamentary actions, and court filings suggests coordination, arguing that the developments collectively form part of a broader strategy targeting the anti-corruption body.
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