Private lawyer Martin Kpebu claims he was taken to the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) during a brief detention at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), accusing the office of improperly involving state security agencies in matters beyond their mandate.

Speaking on Channel One’s Newsroom on Thursday, December 4, Kpebu said a minor verbal exchange with a military officer at the OSP entrance escalated into what he described as an “unlawful” transfer to the NIB. He added that the situation was handled so poorly that his lawyers were initially unaware of his location.

“BNI, can you imagine? Over exchange of words with a soldier. That attracted BNI incarceration, can you imagine if it was robbery or corruption and corruption related like that, they don’t need BNI, they need super BNI. It is just an ordinary case of a soldier abusing a citizen and the citizen standing out for his rights. And they said, ‘take him to BNI.’ It is a very shameful conduct,” he stated.

He further suggested that the incident reflects a pattern in which the OSP deploys security agencies in ways that contradict their intended roles. Kpebu also criticised Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, along with the OSP’s Director of Strategy, Research and Communications Sammy Darko and Lead Investigator Albert Akurugu, saying they lack the competence to manage the office effectively.

The comments follow a December 3 incident, during which Kpebu visited the OSP to assist with investigations into corruption allegations he had previously made against Agyebeng. He said he was briefly detained after the confrontation with the military officer but was later released before investigators could question him.