Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has introduced a fresh twist to the ongoing saga involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, alleging that the embattled politician is actively seeking to trade his Ghanaian citizenship for permanent residency in the United States.
Mr Kpebu’s claims come as Mr Ofori-Atta remains in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Caroline Detention Facility in Virginia.
While Mr Ofori-Atta’s lawyers have attributed his Tuesday, January 6, detention to a “procedural adjustment of status,” Mr Kpebu asserts that this is a calculated attempt to secure a permanent haven and complicate his extradition to face multiple corruption charges in Accra.
Speaking in an interview on TV3, Mr Kpebu noted that the technical language used by Mr Ofori-Atta’s legal firm, Minkah-Premo, Osei-Bonsu, Bruce-Cathline and Partners (MPOBB), essentially confirms his long-held suspicions.
