The Special Prosecutor has spoken for the first time since the explosive report by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, revealing rather disturbing accounts of how the presidency and other notable figures were neck-deep in illegal mining, became public.
Kissi Agyebeng said his outfit, Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), is already investigating a number of galamsey activities including those cited in the report of the former Chairperson of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng who is also a former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation sent a 36-page report in 2021 to the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President on galamsey activities in the country, but the contents of that report got leaked just recently, and became the most discussed topic for two weeks running.
“The OSP welcomes the calls for action and investigations and it assures the public and civil society that its investigation is ongoing and far-reaching and it also covers the matters raised in the report published by the head of the dissolved IMCIM,” Mr. Kissi Agyebeng said in a press release on May 2, 2023.
He assured that, “The OSP will take necessary action against all persons deemed culpable of corruption and corruption-related offences in the mining sector.”
