Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng is to be invited to Parliament after Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor accused his place of business of abusing its authority within the arrest and detention of personal prison practitioner Martin Kpebu.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) arrested Mr Kpebu on Wednesday, December 3, accusing him of obstructing certainly one of its officials. But addressing the House on Thursday, Mr Dafeamekpor insisted that the OSP should justify its movements sooner than Parliament.

“The Office of the Special Prosecutor has abused his powers in this matter and I will not hesitate to say that this House, we created the Office and if he continues to abuse its powers, then we may have to abrogate it.”

Mr Dafeamekpor added that Parliament will call for complete duty from the Special Prosecutor.

“Let me place on record that this House, we shall be inviting him (the OSP) to come and brief the House on the circumstances under which he would detain a citizen under such flimsy, whimsical circumstances. It is untenable, and yesterday his conduct was frowned upon by the entire nation,” he instructed MPs.

During the similar debate, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga supported requires the abolition of the OSP, announcing he had all the time held that the place of business used to be now not constitutionally grounded.

He said, “The detention of Martin Kpebu raises serious issues about the existence of that Office. I opposed its creation and took the position that it was unconstitutional.”

Mr Ayariga added, “I think that we should abolish the Office of the Special Prosecutor. We have experimented with it and seen the results.”

Mr Kpebu, recognized for criticising the OSP’s dealing with of high-profile circumstances—together with its probe into former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta—used to be arrested after what the OSP described as an obstruction-related altercation with certainly one of its officials.

He have been invited to help with investigations into corruption allegations he up to now made towards the Special Prosecutor.

He used to be detained at a location unknown to his legal professionals and granted bail hours later, with prerequisites that integrated offering landed belongings as surety. He used to be sooner or later launched the similar night.

The arrest drew complaint from a number of public figures, together with former Speaker of Parliament Prof. Mike Oquaye, who condemned the OSP’s dealing with of the topic.

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