Kissi Agyebeng
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the alleged two assassination attempts on the Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng.
The Ministry, in a statement, indicated that preliminary findings have revealed that the alleged assassination attempts on the Special Prosecutor, if any, took place before this year.
“There is no record or report of such threats against his life at any police station or at any of the state security agencies in the country,” the statement further pointed out.
That notwithstanding, the Ministry has directed an immediate investigation into the allegation on the premise that “crime does not expire.”
“The Ministry has also ordered an investigation into the claim by Mr. Samuel Appiah Darko that he was handcuffed and beaten by 17 police personnel,” the statement added.
The statement reiterated the Ministry’s “commitment to protecting all lives and properties to ensure that all Ghanaians can conduct all their lawful affairs without any fear for their safety.”
The statement comes in the wake of allegations made by the Director of Strategy, Research, and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Samuel Appiah Darko, over the weekend that Kissi Agyebeng has survived two assassination attempts.
Mr. Darko also claimed that he himself was handcuffed and beaten by 17 police officers, although he did not indicate when, where or why the alleged assault occurred.
“The Special Prosecutor has survived two assassination attempts. Myself, I have been dragged out of my official vehicle and beaten by 17 policemen,” Sammy Darko said on JoyNews programme Newsfile over the weekend while pointing to the risks involved in working at the OSP.
“People need to understand the gravity of what we are doing. This is not an office that works behind a desk; we face real threats every day in the course of our duties,” he added.
The Ministry of the Interior, in a statement yesterday, said beyond the security implications of these claims, such dangers to personnel of accountability institutions, if true, can undermine the government’s efforts to combat corruption, which has intensified since it took office.
The Ministry added that it will update the public on the outcome of these investigations and the actions to be taken.