Special prosecutor obtains 10-story building as new office

The new office of the special prosecutor is a 10-story building located in South Ridge in Accra

• The office of the special prosecutor has been moved to a new location

• Located in South Ridge in Accra, the new office is a 10 story complex originally intended for GETFund

• The old office space would have been inadequate by the former special prosecutor

The office of the special prosecutor has been moved to South Ridge in Accra, on the orders of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

A Citi News report revealed that the 10-story complex, near Parliament, was intended to be the headquarters of GETFund.

The old office, which was a three-bedroom apartment building in Labone in Accra, was described as inadequate by former special prosecutor Martin Amidu.

In 2020, the former special prosecutor received the keys to this new office but in a letter dated August 3, 2020, Martin Amidu also expressed his disappointment to the chief of staff, Frema Akosua Osei-Opare, for his failure to inspect the GETfund property before handing over the keys.

According to him, it was not up to standard, adding that it took his interventions to have “serious remediation work” on the building.

He therefore returned the keys to the Chief of Staff.

Martin Amidu’s successor, Kissi Agyabeng, will occupy the new office along with staff from the Special Prosecutor’s Office.

Parliament passed the law establishing the Office of the Special Prosecutor in November 2017.

The office is responsible for investigating and prosecuting cases of suspected corruption and corruption-related offenses under the 2003 Law on Public Procurement (Law 663).