A half-year report on the Office of the Special Prosecutor's (OSP) operations in 2022 has been made public.
The OSP claims that the report's distribution complies with Section 3(3) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959).
The 13-page report provides information on the corruption cases that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has looked into and tried, as well as highlights of the Office's work from August 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.
Two cases are listed as having been resolved in the report that Special Prosecutor Mr. Kissi Agyebeng signed. One of these is the inquiry into charges that Charles Bissue, a member of the presidential staff, used his position for financial benefit.
"The Office has concluded investigation into allegations of the use of public office for profit against Charles Bissue, during his tenure as Secretary to the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), arising from an investigative documentary titled Galamsey Fraud Part I published by Tiger Eye P.I. and the investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas," the report states.
The Special Prosecutor or another authorised person would give orders and take further action on the situation as soon as possible, it was observed.
It should be noted that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, began looking into several public officials in October of last year because of their suspected participation in illicit mining.
Some employees of the Lands Ministry, the Forestry Commission, and the disbanded Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Timber are the subject of the inquiry.
Charles Bissue is accused of using his position as secretary to the IMCIM for personal advantage, according to a news statement from the Office of the Special Prosecutor on Monday, October 10. The investigation is still ongoing, according to the press release.
To prohibit the Special Prosecutor from looking into him, Mr. Charles Bissue obtained an injunction at an Accra High Court in December.
The court was requested by the former secretary of the disbanded Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) to stop the Office of the Special Prosecutor from looking into him.
The court issued a writ on December 23 ordering the interlocutory injunction to stop while the case is being decided.
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