Deputy Attorney General, Justice Srem-Sai, says the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has not yet provided the Attorney General’s Office with an extradition docket on former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
He said the docket is a necessary requirement for initiating an official extradition request to bring Ken Ofori-Atta back to Ghana to complete ongoing investigations.
Speaking to GHOne reporters, Justice Srem-Sai explained that as at October 20, all attempts to obtain the documents from the OSP have been unsuccessful so far.
“Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta is the subject of a number of criminal investigations. I think the one that is popular is the one that the OSP is conducting,” he said.
“That is the one that we’re made to believe is at an advanced stage where extradition will be required.”
He acknowledged that the OSP had already issued an Interpol Red Notice for the former minister in June 2025 but clarified that the notice alone is not sufficient to begin extradition processes.
“It’s a notice to the whole world that this person is a wanted man, but the Interpol alert is not an extradition procedure. If we really want the person to come, we need to make an extradition request to where we believe he is, the United States,” he explained.
Justice Srem-Sai said the Attorney General’s Office is the only authority that can initiate an extradition process but can only do so upon receipt of a completed investigative docket from the OSP.
“We are the only authority that can make an extradition, but we need an investigative docket from the OSP to be able to make this extradition request,” he noted.
“As at today, we still do not have a docket from the OSP. We have made several requests to the OSP, written letters, written demands to the OSP.”
He emphasized that without the docket, the Attorney General’s Office cannot proceed with the necessary diplomatic or legal steps.
“Without the docket you cannot go to the American authorities and say ‘this is the person we want.’ No,” he stressed.
Justice Srem-Sai added that the US provides full case dockets when making similar requests, and Ghana must meet do the same.
“When they’re asking for people to be extradited to the United States, they bring the full docket as if they’re going to court and we take that docket to court to see if there’s really merit for bringing the person down,” he stated.
“We also have to take the full docket of all the evidence and what we believe the law is, and we take it to the United States authorities, and they will process the extradition.”
