The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken serious note of the grave disclosures made on Joy News’ Newsfile programme yesterday, 6th December 2025. These revelations cut to the heart of Ghana’s democratic order and raise urgent questions about coordinated interactions occurring under the guise of institutional independence.
During a live panel discussion, on Joy News’ Newsfile Programme on Saturday, December 6, the Director of Communications, Strategy and Research at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), revealed the existence of a government-sponsored WhatsApp group that includes Officers of the OSP, security institutions, representation from the Supreme Court, hand-picked journalists and Civil Society Organization leaders.
The shocking disclosure was confirmed by the host of the show, Mr. Samson Lardi Ayeneni, who named EOCO, the Ghana Police Service, CHRAJ, and the OSP as some of the members of what is in our view a cabal.
When Mr. Ayenini, the presumed independent host of Newsfile, explained that the government set up the WhatsApp group because “we have been given work to do,” he exposed the rotten core.
This is yet another irrefutable proof of President Mahama’s and NDC’s blueprint for an “elective dictatorship”.
What has been exposed unwittingly by apparatchiks of this dark governance web, is a secret government-run virtual meeting place, created by the Office of the President, to ensnare our nation’s most critical independent voices and institutions.
Supreme Court judges, the Special Prosecutor, investigative agencies, and hand-picked journalists are all on the take and on the same page; a page written and controlled by this NDC administration.
This is not about fighting corruption. This is about muzzling the fighters of corruption. It is about fighting the fight against corruption. It is about corrupting anti-corruption institutions.
The scheme is now clear:
1. Criminalise the opposition in the false name of anti-corruption for partisan gain.
2. Compromise and muzzle every watchdog – CSOs, judges, journalists, unions, clergy – from seeing, hearing, or speaking evil against this government.
Ghanaians need to know: Are journalists and CSO leaders being paid for this conspiratorial service? And if so, are they paid with public funds? They must come clean on the “job” they’ve been “tasked” to perform. These are legitimate questions, and Ghanaians deserve answers.
We are demanding
answers because what emerged from the programme suggests a coordinated system that blurs the line between independent state institutions and societal actors meant to hold them accountable. The possibility that investigators, prosecutors, police officers, judges, journalists, and CSO leaders are exchanging information within a secret network, on the blind side of citizens, raises profound questions about due process, public trust, and institutional neutrality.
A democracy cannot function when security agencies, anti-corruption bodies, and elements of the judiciary engage in secret collaboration and in conspiracy with selected media and civil society actors. Such a dark and crooked enterprise neutralizes transparency, weakens accountability, and risks turning independent state institutions into instruments of coordinated partisan control.
If these disclosures are accurate, and the evidence presented thus far, suggests that they are – then Ghana faces one of the most serious institutional challenges of this Fourth Republic.
Key concerns include:
1. The independence of the OSP is fundamentally compromised if senior staff of the office participate in coordinated and secret forums and platforms to conspire with journalists and CSO actors.
2. EOCO and Police officers sharing information outside official channels may breach professional ethics and legal obligations.
3. Judges appearing in informal networks with activists, media actors, security agencies, investigators and prosecutors risk undermining confidence in judicial impartiality. These are not features of a healthy constitutional system.
The NPP therefore calls for the following actions:
1. A full public explanation from the OSP regarding the purpose, membership, and operations of the WhatsApp platform.
2. A parliamentary inquiry into the matter, with all relevant individuals and institutions called to explain their roles and the nature of the group’s activities.
3. An audit, where necessary, to determine whether confidential material has been shared outside authorised channels.
4. Administrative, professional, or legal action where any breaches of protocol are confirmed.
5. Full transparency from any CSO leaders and journalists who are participants on the secret government WhatsApp group.
These developments reinforce longstanding concerns that some influential voices in the media and civil society are not operating with the independence expected of them. When actors who shape public opinion coordinate secretly with state institutions, confidence in oversight, fairness, accountability are sacrified, and democracy suffers. The NPP remains committed to defending the integrity of Ghana’s democratic institutions. That commitment requires preventing any informal networks—whether within politics, civil society, or the media—from compromising our fledgling institutional neutrality and influencing decision-making – including investigative, prosecutorial and judicial decisions, outside established channels.
We therefore urge Ghanaians to demand clarity and insist on full disclosures about the mission and motive of this secret government cum civil society underground group. We must insist on transparency because the future of our democracy depends on it.
By Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B)
National Organizer, NPP
