The court lacked jurisdiction to hear the quo warranto application against the prosecutorial powers of the OSP

The ruling of Mr Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu of the High Court, Accra, (General Jurisdiction 10) delivered on April 15 2026 pursuant to an application for the prerogative writ of quo warranto against the exercise of the Attorney-General’s prosecutorial powers under Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) was made in violation of the power conferred upon the High Court on orders obtainable by judicial review under Order 55 Rule 1(a) and (b), and Rule 2 (1) (b) of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2004 (C. I. 47) and is therefore void ab initio.

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