The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has refuted claims that it is unfairly targeting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in its probe of alleged vote-buying incidents.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, February 9, 2026, Sammy Darko, Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the OSP, stressed that investigations into both the NDC Ayawaso East parliamentary primary and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries are grounded in law and evidence, not political considerations.
“This statement is not just about what happened at Ayawaso East or the NPP primaries. It is generally that we are reminding Ghanaians that vote buying and vote selling are prohibited by law and that we must refrain from it,” he said.
Mr Darko explained that critics had misinterpreted the OSP’s earlier statement, which outlined the investigations sequentially.
“In the two paragraphs, you will understand the basis of what we are doing in both instances. So, I don’t understand how some people were reading the statement, because they said we have only one paragraph for the NPP, and the rest is for the NDC. It doesn’t add up,” he stated.
He added that additional attention in the statement was devoted to one candidate due to an alleged assault on an OSP officer during official duties at the election.
“We dedicated a little more to a particular candidate because that candidate had assaulted an OSP officer in the performance of this work during the election,” he said.
The OSP had announced on Sunday, February 8, that investigations are ongoing into alleged vote-buying during the January 31 NPP presidential primaries and the February 7 NDC Ayawaso East parliamentary primary.
Reports from the NDC primary indicated that delegates allegedly received 32-inch televisions, coolers, and boiled eggs from the camp of Mohammed Baba Jamal Ahmed. Allegations during the NPP primary suggested that supporters of various aspirants distributed cash to delegates before or after voting, prompting complaints from delegates who said they did not receive promised payments.
The OSP emphasised that all cases are being treated equally under the law, with no political bias in the investigations.
