No Extradition Request, Not Flight Risk: Why Ofori-Atta was 'freed' – Report

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  • Karikakchar 6 hours ago

    This is sad thst after all the noise the OSP doesn't even have a formal extradition request in place?

  • The Northern Mafia 6 hours ago

    Europeans and British Colonizers were finding things difficult to established control militarily over The Northern Territory because of the weapons (Bow and Arrow) of the indigenous people. The indigenous people were not als ...
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  • Breaking the 8. Breaking the 8 6 hours ago

    How long did the Agyenkwa Piccadily Armed Robber spend in jail? Was the bail bond weaponised? Wontumi should have stayed that long in Ghana prison despite Martin Kpebu's disagreement. Doctors should examine his vaginah whet ...
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  • FRANKIE 6 hours ago

    Ken Ofori Atta, the Piccadilly Armed Robber and the entire NPP, who claim to be apostles of the "rule of law" must be ashamed that Ken is using legal shenanigans and gymnastics to avoid justice. The worst of them are the sham ...
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  • Abu 5 hours ago

    As edey pain dem, edey sweet us. OSP and AG can’t win a case against a baby ant. Ken is currently playing golf and enjoying his red wine whilst the NDCeivers supporters are bleeding.

  • Kofi 5 hours ago

    I’ll be shocked if the Attorney General is not fired by the close of today. Incompetence at the highest level.

  • Ashitey 5 hours ago

    Where are the fake prophets who predicted Ken would be extradited to the country by the first quarter of the year? Ghana is a comedy country.

  • Abrantie 5 hours ago

    No wonder the AG has stopped his senseless pressers, he saw this coming….

  • Kelly 2 hours ago

    was it the AG or the Special Prosecutor? Check the infrmation well. The issue was with the special prosecutor. Ken Ofoi Atta's issue is a difficult one for the NPP and the party must be very careful. Former finance ministers ...
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  • AGBESI KWASI 4 hours ago

    If this fugitive had stayed in Ghana prison for this long his NPP nation wreckers would have said he is being persecuted. We await the real deal.

  • @ Frankie 51 minutes ago

    No one is rejoicing, just go away with your evil and senseless comments. You think US judges operate like the ones in Ghana? Why did the AG and OSP lie to Ghanaians that an extradition request had been put in when in fact tha ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 28 minutes ago

    @ FRANKIE AND HIS NDC SORE LOSERS:

    THE JUDGE MUST’VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION HOW UNBALANCED OUR SUPREME COURT AND THE GHANAIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BECOME SINCE JOHN CRIBO MAHAMA WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE FOR THE SE ...
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  • AGBESI KWASI 5 minutes ago

    You guys are simply getting too excited. Why don't you wait for the outcome of the real deal? Ofori-Atta should never disgrace the white dresses and bible quotations he used to cite.

  • Game Changer +447935009178 6 hours ago

    President Mahama, please, if this is the news we're hearing from the US authorities about no extradition documents from the Ghanaian authorities, please take a second look at the OSP and the AG critically. This is a disgrace!

  • FACT 2 hours ago

    KEN OFORI-ATTA IS THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN GHANA. GHANAWEB REPORTS ON OFORI-ATTA MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA WHILE NO GHANAIAN KNOWS WHERE OUR VICE PRESIDENT IS.
    KEN OFORI-ATTA THE VVIP GHANAIAN.
    WHERE IS GHANA'S VI ...
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  • Jo 1 hour ago

    It's the Attorney General that makes an extradition request, not the OSP

  • Sethoo 6 hours ago

    The OSP's letter is in the Dustbin of American Embassy in Accra. They don't see any legal backing to forward it to America. Mind you they've also blocked emails of OSP & the AG from going America Immigration Office.

  • TRUTH 44 minutes ago

    As NPP people you always speak and behave like you're still in the jungle and far from civilised Ghanaians.
    What is the purpose of the Foreign Ministry for which Akufo Addo was once a minister?

  • Samus 6 hours ago

    My friend, the OSP is a fake. He should be removed from office immediately.

  • FACT 2 hours ago

    TELL US WHERE THE VP IS. WE DON'T NEED KEN.
    Ghanaweb reports on Ken Ofori-Atta everyday.
    Ghanaweb has made Ken Ofori-Atta more popular and more visible than the President of Ghana.
    By the way, where is the Vice Presiden ...
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  • Gameli 4 hours ago

    If Ofori-Attah fails to return and face prosecution in Ghana, his uncle, the mother serpent of corruption, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo, who promoted, supported, shielded, and employed him, must be held responsible and detai ...
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  • KBM 3 hours ago

    Please are you using your anus or brains to talk?

  • Paa 1 hour ago

    Ignore that report. ICE doesn't handle extraditions. Theirs was on the overstay. 2 different issues. Someone is twisting thisngs

  • Jerry Anane-Frimpong 1 hour ago

    REALLY SAD.

  • Kwaku Tee 6 hours ago

    You see how dishonest NDC are they've never sent any extradition request for Ken Ofori Atta but they were disturbing our ears in Ghana. This whole Ken's story is becoming a dustraction for NDC to loot.

  • Blue Pen 3 hours ago

    Ghana should stop extraditing the likes of Abu Trickster to USA. While Ghanaian security agencies are reportedly helping America's FBI agents break the rules during interrogation of suspects, and the government and courts are ...
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  • Chaddar 6 hours ago

    Ghana gave you their money to control, come and answer to missing cash you said no and you have run away.Cheap man

  • Larry 6 hours ago

    It's not Ken Ofori Atta who is doing everything possible to avoid coming to Ghana. JM and his AG including the OSP don't want Ofori Atta in the country. Ghanaians please be aware of one thing between the two NDC and NPP. They ...
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  • Aaah?????? 6 hours ago

    Didn’t they tell us….
    You,
    Issokay

  • Freedom 6 hours ago

    Some heads must roll for making the NDC government look this way. I hope the Ghana's Attorney General office and the OSP office will have to explain to us all what went wrong. Why was there info all over about extradition and ...
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  • Hanson K.K 6 hours ago

    You see corruption at the highest level in Ghana.
    Ghana's Attorney General and the so called OSP, are in compromise.
    If no extradition request was made by these two outfits, then all that they have been telling the publi ...
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  • Bole Sakawa 5 hours ago

    Are you saying John Airbus Mahama is clean? Masa go and reverse your notes.

  • Kk 4 hours ago

    Mahama is in on it. They sent the Asantehene to beg him at home at night. Just like they did with the airport Christmas tree thief

  • Ewvevi 6 hours ago

    The only solution to this "scratch my back, let me scratch yours" is simply a coup de tat. And if this coup should succeed, it should round up all the politicians and their associates from both parties. We shall see where all ...
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  • Bk 4 hours ago

    You’re finally seeing the light. Why is npp appointed SP allowed to be at post to arrest and prosecute npp thieves

  • Donatus 6 hours ago

    What are the bill or bond conditions?

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  • Nico 5 hours ago

    Then u will arrest the innocent youth to be taken to America to be jailed like Abu

  • Kofi 5 hours ago

    Because we're so foolish, we give up our own to other countries to be tried and jailed. Do you think the US will give up any of their own to another country? In your dreams!!

  • Wontumi (London) 5 hours ago

    The report also indicated that, the US authorities have confiscated Ofori Attah's passport. And he is set to appear before court, for the continuation of his deportation case on the 27th of April 2026.
    So am asking them who ...
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  • Awine 4 hours ago

    Take off your NDC reading glasses and reread the article again. Fool!

  • KBM 3 hours ago

    Are you saying the people's president or the president of NDC? Do you think all of us are fools to follow your incompetence president?

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  • Kofi 5 hours ago

    Hahaha! You guys are just hilarious in this country. The whole country is full of comedians. Government after government are all crooks, thieves and liars, mixed up with incompetence. This particular AG is a disgrace and must ...
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  • DAN 4 hours ago

    Ghanaweb must try and report the gact; in the case of the supply of ambulance spare parts it must be noted that ,the contract was not commence and awarded by the Ministry of Health,rather it was awarded by the defunct Minist ...
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  • Yaw 4 hours ago

    I voted for ndc but l never knew they disappointed and criminals. Ghanaian must be very careful with politicians

  • Fulani In-Law 4 hours ago

    You did not vote for the NDC. Thief boy. Wo maame twe. NPP ni aboa

  • Ganaba 4 hours ago

    We atimes joke a lot in this country, alot of talk from media and government for few months then we go silent and that ends it. How can we stop corruption if this is how we're fighting it. Many people with state money in thei ...
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  • GKA 4 hours ago

    Why was Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta in ICE Detention?

  • KK 2 hours ago

    He was there because his visa expired, nothing more.

  • Achakanapaya 3 hours ago

    Attorney General should be fired now.
    And for the OSP still being in that office,
    I blame foolish Baffoe Bonnie the CJ.
    Baffoe Bonnie is a complete tool for the npp.

  • The Devil’s Advocate 3 hours ago

    What on earth has the OSP been doing all this while? The guy is an NPP plant sabotaging the efforts of the NDC to hold NPP looters to account. The NDC must wake up to this crook and prosecute him.

  • Truetalk 3 hours ago

    Meaning our so called leaders are lying to us?

  • Mr. T 3 hours ago

    This AG needs to go

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  • OKYENA NTI .ARE YOU REALLY RESERTING THE ECONOMY 3 hours ago

    DO NOT BLAME ANYBODY BLAME MAHAMA,AKUFFO ADDO,KUFUOR,AND ALL THE LEADERS OF THE REPUBLIC THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THE MIND OF GHANA YOUTH.
    I AM OPENING YOUR MIND AND EARS TODAY.

  • FACT 2 hours ago

    KEN OFORI-ATTA IS THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN GHANA.
    GHANAWEB REPORTS MORE PROFUSELY ON KEN OFORI-ATTA THAN IT COMMENTS ON THE OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA.
    HAIL KEN OFORI-ATTA...THE VVVIP OF GHANA

  • Kofi Asare 3 hours ago

    Armed robbers claiming to have a pickpocket arrested. Fools as usual believe this.

  • Imagination 3 hours ago

    This attidude of government not sacking incompetent ministers after complete failures is sickening..Everything shows attorney general is incompetent..why keep him there to waste tax payers money..almost 2 years, no a single c ...
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  • Imagination 3 hours ago

    Why is africa policians so wicket like that? Why is it difficult to fire useless and incompetent ministers..same way akufo ado did and ofori ata destroyed ghana..why cant the president sack Attorney General, Dominic Ayine

  • Pelicles. 2 hours ago

    Stop the emotional gestures and think like a normal human. If you are in Ghana, what happened with Cecilia Dapaah, and why is she not in jail? Do you think the courts deals with just "Perceptions from fools who have no brains ...
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  • Aluta 3 hours ago

    That’s the way politicians fool the masses. NDC and NPP politicians are a joint mafia cabals who dine from the same bowl. There’s a quid pro quo agreement between them and they just prey on voters in this electoral pendul ...
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  • Pelicles. 2 hours ago

    JJ during his so-called "Revolutionary Days" in Ghana, arrested an army officer who legally took a 10,000 cedis loan from a bank in Ghana, and he was among those who were shot by firing squad. Now, is securing a loan corrupti ...
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  • Pelicles. 2 hours ago

    Someone said that if there is not there, don't force there to be there. What had Ken Ofori-Atta done that the government of Ghana cannot tell Ghanaians, or try him in absentia like NPP did to Sedinam Tamakloe?

    Right now, t ...
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  • FACT 2 hours ago

    Ken Ofori-Atta is the most popular person in Ghana.
    Ghanaweb reports on Ken Ofori-Atta everyday.
    Ken Ofori-Atta the VVVIP Ghanaian.
    Where is the Vice President of Ghana?

  • Agya Otu 1 hour ago

    She will be at the Mfantsipim School program tomorrow as the Guest Speaker. You can find her there

  • DDT 2 hours ago

    So attorney general and NDC is deceiving Ghanaians that they have sent a extradition request.

  • Paa 1 hour ago

    Stupid report. ICE does not handle extradition requests. Does Ghana Immigration handle extradition requests?

  • Aziz 1 hour ago

    NDC stop the witch hunt

  • Bbk 1 hour ago

    Even USA high criminals can play around the legal system.

  • Joe 1 hour ago

    This tells you NDC is playing on the minds of Ghanaians, as they have arrested Abu Trica and others with no concrete charges. I

  • Abi 1 hour ago

    NDC = NPP! WE MUST GET RID OF BOTH FROM POWER.

    A clear case of the class alliance of NDC and NPP. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Both parties are nothing more than looters.

  • Albert Kessel 40 minutes ago

    If the Attorney General's Office, truly submitted the Extradition Request at the time they claimed to have done so, then one may wonder why a copy was not forwarded to the court in the U.S.A. It is almost inconceivable to imp ...
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