Former Auditor-General and member of the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) team, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has expressed disappointment over the slow pace of prosecutions involving former public officials accused of corruption.
Speaking in an interview on The KSM Show, aired on YouTube on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, Mr. Domelevo lamented that, nine months into President John Dramani Mahama’s administration, no former government official had been prosecuted, despite the extensive work done by the ORAL team to uncover cases of alleged corruption.
“I am not satisfied at all. This is because I can’t see the tunnel, let alone talk about the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, the prayer of the culprits and their lawyers is that there should be a change in government, and then the new one will enter a nolle prosequi, and our money is gone,” he said.
“The procedure that the current Attorney-General is using is going to be very difficult. Nine months is not a small amount of time. Before we know it, we will have finished the term of President Mahama. So, I think we have to change the speed at which we are moving.”
President John Dramani Mahama established the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Team in December 2024 as a citizen-driven anti-corruption initiative led by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who currently serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The team was tasked with gathering and documenting public complaints about alleged misappropriation of state resources, forwarding credible cases to investigative authorities, and helping recover stolen public funds at no cost to the state.
By June 2025, the Attorney-General had reportedly prepared 33 corruption-related cases against former government appointees based on ORAL’s work.
However, Mr. Domelevo’s comments highlight growing concern over the pace at which these cases are being pursued.
Source: Citinewsroom
