The Excessive Courtroom in Accra has stayed listening to an software filed by the Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP) in search of a keep of enforcement of an earlier court docket judgment relating to the OSP’s prosecutorial powers.
The case was scheduled to be heard by Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu on Thursday, however the listening to couldn’t proceed after the court docket was knowledgeable that the defendant’s lawyer was unable to attend the listening to.
The court docket mentioned it had acquired a letter from the defendant’s legal professionals suggesting different dates for the trial, together with Might 28, 2026, Might 29, and June 8, 2026.
Justice Nyadu then mounted a brand new date for listening to the applying: June 8, 2026.
In consequence, OSP’s software for a keep of execution was postponed till that date.
background
A month in the past, the Accra Excessive Courtroom dominated that the Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP) doesn’t have unbiased authority to prosecute felony circumstances and directed that every one issues raised by the anti-corruption company be referred to the Ministry of the Legal professional Basic.
The choice, handed down on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, creates uncertainty relating to ongoing prosecutions being dealt with by OSP, successfully putting them on maintain pending additional authorized route.
The presiding decide, Justice John Eugene Nyadu Nyante, dominated that whereas OSP has the facility to research corruption-related crimes, it lacks a constitutional obligation to provoke prosecutions by itself.
The court docket based mostly its determination on Article 88 of the 1992 Structure, which vests prosecutorial powers within the Legal professional Basic.
