Lawyer for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Frank Davies, has described claims that his client lost a bail application in the United States as a blatant falsehood.
According to him, there was no bail hearing on the said date and suggestions to the contrary are misleading.
The comments follow a February 24 Facebook post by the Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Sammy Darko, which read:
“As Ken Ofori-Atta lost his bail appeal, they kept quiet. If he had won, OSP no go get peace.”
The post came after reports that a U.S. court at the Annandale Court in Virginia had denied a bail request for Mr. Ofori-Atta on February 23, 2026.
However, the former Finance Minister’s legal team maintains that February 19 was only a deadline for the U.S. Department of Justice to confirm an extradition request, not a scheduled bail hearing.
Speaking on Joy News as monitored by NewsDesksGH on March 2, Lawyer Frank Davies said,
“I don’t think Sammy Darko is doing what all lawyers should do. I wonder whether he had the same training as some of us.”
Lawyer Davies insisted that no such proceeding took place.
“There was no hearing on that day. If there was any hearing, wouldn’t you also know by now?”
He further suggested that the post may have been intended to shift public attention from another legal setback, which is the move by the OSP to freeze assets belonging to businessman Nana Yaw Duodu, popularly known as Dr. Sledge, and his company, Goldridge Refinery Ltd.
“In the course of that week, they had been to court for an application to freeze this Dr. Sledge man. When they went to court the application to freeze his assets was dismissed. So to deflect and take away the concentration of the OSP on that matter, they decide to throw it as Ofori-Atta. It’s so childish.”
He added, “Ofori-Atta has now become their most popular tool. Everything that happens is Ken Ofori-Atta.”
Frank Davies however indicated that Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to appear in court again in mid-March.
