The Architecture of Impunity: Ghana's anti-corruption crisis and the Supreme Court's obligation
Ghana built its anti-corruption architecture slowly and at considerable political cost. The Office of the Special Prosecutor was created in 2017 after years of public pressure. The Economic and Organised Crime Office was established years earlier under Act 804. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has carried the anti-corruption mandate since the democratic transition.
In April and May 2026, that architecture has come under simultaneous judicial and constitutional pressure. On April 15, 2026, a High Court division declared the OSP's independent prosecutorial mandate void, directing the Attorney-General to take over its cases. On April 29, 2026, a separate High Court ruling expunged an EOCO lawyer from the prosecution team in the high-profile NAFCO Buffer Stock case. The Supreme Court has before it a constitutional challenge filed in December 2025 that directly questions the validity of the prosecutorial provisions in the OSP Act.
The Supreme Court's forthcoming ruling may determine the answer for a generation.
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Ghana's anti-corruption architecture, including the Office of the Special Prosecutor, faces judicial and constitutional pressure. The Supreme Court's upcoming ruling will determine if the framework can genuinely check executive power - or be easily undermined.
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