(L-R) A photo collage of Frank Davies, Ken Ofori-Atta and Kissi Agyebeng

The lawyer of former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta - Frank Davies, has slammed the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, over his comment on his client’s cancer illness.

Kissi Agyebeng, during a press briefing on Monday, June 2, 2025, where he re-declared Ofori-Atta wanted, asserted that the former finance minister’s supposed cancer illness cannot save him from appearing before his office for the alleged acts of corruption against him.

Reacting to this in an interview on JoyNews on Monday, Davies expressed his displeasure about Kissi Agyebeng’s remarks regarding the illness.

He asked the Special Prosecutor whether he knows what people suffering from cancer go through, adding that Kissi Agyebeng should stick to his profession as a lawyer.

“But I will just say this to the Office of the Special Prosecutor, that he should stick to his core duties as a Special Prosecutor and as a trained lawyer. I don't know when he became a medical practitioner to be giving interpretations and all that he said. He's a legal practitioner. He should stick to his core duties and stop getting himself into areas where he has very little knowledge.

“He failed to show or give any medical report that he's a travel risk. What medical report was he looking for, except the one that was sent to him? But if he's been kind enough, I didn't think he was going to disclose this. But if he's gone ahead to say that Ofori-Atta has been diagnosed, that he has a cancer illness, he does not appreciate that. He does not appreciate that, and he thinks that he poses the question, ‘Do you know the number of people working in this country with cancer?’" he said.

He added that; “Does he know what they are going through? The Special Prosecutor should be very careful. When you are put into a public office, it does not give you the liberty to just be saying things off your head and saying anything that you like.”

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) once again declared the former finance minister a wanted person after he failed to honour an in-person invitation for questioning on June 2, 2025.

According to him, Ofori-Atta's continued absence and noncompliance had exhausted the OSP's patience, especially after efforts to accommodate his legal team's request for a virtual session due to his medical treatment abroad.

"This office has always requested his attendance, and we have indicated clearly to him that we are unwilling to waive it. If we were amenable to taking any statement from Ken Ofori-Atta in absentia, we would have done so in February, and not waited till June 2, 2025," Kissi Agyebeng emphasised.

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