Enayat Qasimi, an international legal practitioner and lead counsel for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has described the ongoing GRA–SML case as politically motivated, insisting that his client is not trying to evade justice.
In an interview with the BBC, Qasimi argued that investigative authorities, particularly the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), were fully aware that Mr. Ofori-Atta was abroad for medical treatment and therefore had no grounds to trigger a Red Notice against him.
Qasimi emphasised that his client remains willing to cooperate with Ghana’s legal process and has no intention of avoiding accountability.
“He is fully committed to complying with the laws of Ghana, and he is fully committed to answering for anything that he did when he was the finance minister. There is absolutely no question about that,” he said.
According to Qasimi, the key issue is whether Mr. Ofori-Atta’s constitutional rights are being respected throughout the process.
“The question is, is he being given the rights that he’s guaranteed under Ghanaian law? He is not, and he has never been,” Qasimi stated.
He further claimed that the OSP was fully informed about Ofori-Atta’s whereabouts and medical condition when the Red Notice was issued.
“Mr. Ofori-Atta was receiving treatment. He was in the US, and they knew all along. There was no purpose for issuing the Red Notice, but they went ahead and issued it,” he added.
