The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has disclosed that former Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu was arrested and interrogated by the state in 2025.

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on March 10, 2026, Kwakye Ofosu said that the former health minister was arrested and interrogated by the National Intelligence Bureau over allegations of corruption against him while he (Agyemang-Manu) was in office.

He indicated that the investigation against the former minister had been completed and that the Attorney General would file charges against him in court in the next few days.

“I noticed that he's been in the news, engaging in bluster and claiming that nobody has touched me. That is not true. He was arrested. He was interrogated, questioned, and cautioned. There are two dockets in respect of him: the Sputnik V case, and then the COVID-19 frontier case.

“So in the next few weeks, the Attorney General will be taking him to court, and he will charge him formally,” he disclosed.

Kwakye Ofosu, who is also the Spokesperson to the President, also indicated that the charges against Agyemang-Manu are likely to include causing financial loss to the state.

“The docket on him has been built – two of them… There are cases of positive financial loss to the state and what have you, and things that he did that violated the procurement laws, and what have you, and several other charges that the Attorney General would be referring against,” he said.

Kwakye Ofosu’s remarks come after Agyemang-Manu was captured saying that despite suggestions that he would be arrested and locked up, he is working as a freeman, more than a year into the government of John Dramani Mahama.

“I’m not that desperate; I have not been crying for help. Some people said either I would fall sick or die, but here I stand. Some said I would be arrested and locked up. A year has passed, and here I stand.

“In this world, if you are truthful… not every person would like what you are doing. No matter what you do, you would certainly step on someone’s foot. But when you step on someone’s foot, and you apologise, and the person accepts, great,” he said.

Kwaku Agyemang-Manu was tipped to face prosecution for signing a contract for COVID-19 vaccines without parliamentary approval.

He is reported to have admitted to failing to seek cabinet approval before engaging a private individual for the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines to manage Ghana's COVID-19 cases.

‘They said I would be locked up, but I’m still here after a year’ – Agyemang-Manu

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