Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar, has rejected claims that Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) is ineffective, insisting the initiative is advancing through a clear, law-based process.

In a Facebook post on December 17, 2025, Kwaku Azar described ORAL as ‘a five-gear machine engineered for accountability, powered by law, and designed to move only forward.’

He stressed that the initiative is not meant to be loud or dramatic, but deliberate and procedural.

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“Machines don’t shout. They work,” he stated, adding that when consequences eventually take effect, it will not be vengeance at work, but law, long delayed, now engaged.

He explained that the first stage of ORAL involves gathering allegations, noting that they are ‘collated, not concocted.’

This is followed by investigations and audits by mandated institutions, which he said are meant to ‘investigate and audit, not speculate.’

According to Kwaku Azar, the third stage is where charges are filed and recoveries initiated, while the fourth stage marks the beginning of trials, where evidence replaces propaganda.

The final phase, he said, leads to convictions, confiscation, and consequences.

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He criticised critics of the initiative, describing them as ‘anti-accountability suspects’ who are uncomfortable with the enforcement of the law.

Kwaku Azar also argued that ongoing audits, financial surcharges, prosecutions for economic crimes, and legal applications aimed at stopping investigations show that ORAL is functioning as intended.

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