Gushegu’s Member of Parliament and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Hassan Tampuli, has accused recent legal and political moves against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of being part of a deliberate effort to weaken the anti-corruption body following its high-profile prosecutions.
Speaking at a press conference on behalf of the NPP Minority, Tampuli argued that the series of petitions, parliamentary actions, and court cases targeting the OSP were not random incidents but “political weapons” intended to dismantle an institution simply for doing its job.
“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 stated.
His remarks follow an April 15, 2026, Accra High Court ruling that declared all OSP prosecutions constitutionally invalid—a decision that has reignited national debate over the agency’s future.
Tampuli told journalists that petitions submitted to President John Mahama seeking the Special Prosecutor’s removal were “coordinated and strategically timed” to simulate public discontent. He noted that after the Chief Justice reviewed the petitions, no prima facie case was established against the Special Prosecutor.
“Three referred formally to the Chief Justice. Zero prima facie case established,” he said.
According to Tampuli, after the petition route failed, there were attempts in Parliament to strip the OSP of its powers—efforts that also publicly collapsed. He then pointed to a Supreme Court case filed by a private lawyer challenging the OSP’s prosecutorial authority, calling it the “third phase” of a coordinated legal strategy to cripple the institution.
“When you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,” he argued.
The Minority contends the timing of these events—including the court ruling, parliamentary maneuvers, and the Supreme Court filing—is not coincidental. The Supreme Court case is still pending.
