The Ministry of Interior has ordered full-scale investigations into the two assassination attempts on the life of the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
Initial contacts with Mr Agyebeng, according to the Ministry, have revealed that the assassination attempts happened before this year.
“There is no record or report of such threats against his life at any police station or at any of the state security agencies in the country,” the Ministry noted in a press release on Monday, December 8.
“Since crime does not expire, the Ministry has ordered a full-scale investigation into the claim of assassination attempts.”
This comes after the Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Samuel Appiah Darko, claimed on Accra-based Joy FM over the weekend that there has been two assassination attempts on the life of Kissi Agyebeng.
Aside that, Mr Appiah Darko also revealed on Newsfile that he was once handcuffed by 17 police officers and beaten up.
“The Ministry has also ordered an investigation into the claim by Mr. Samuel Appiah Darko that he was handcuffed and beaten by 17 police personnel,” the statement announced.
The Ministry assured of updating the public on the outcome of the two investigations and the actions to be taken.
It admitted that beyond the security implications of the claims made by Mr Appiah Darko, if true, such dangers to personnel of accountability institutions can undermine the government’s efforts to combat corruption.