Private attorney Martin Kpebu has vowed to file a lawsuit against Databank, a business owned by Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, should the New Patriotic Party fail to retain power in the upcoming elections.

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, the president's cousin, is accused of advising the government on loans that benefit his own company (Data Bank).

for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta

Mr Kpebu has threatened to take legal action to ensure that the state is repaid for these funds.

“Less than 20 months or thereabout, President Akufo-Addo will be going with Ofori-Atta. They’re going to be out of government, then we’ll go to court. They will vomit it. We’ll take this money back. The money Databank made from the bonds, we’ll take it back. Not here in Ghana. Are we fools?" he said.

“You come and promise that you’re the philosopher king, incorruptible, “I’m not corrupt” then we vote for you and then clearly, so blazingly, very nauseating, broad daylight then you put Databank there and they’re making hundreds of millions of dollars from our bonds,” he lamented on last Saturday's edition of Key Point on TV3.

He also criticized the Akufo-Addo government for causing hardship for Ghanaians while enriching themselves and called for the NPP to be voted out of government.

“Today our people are dying; today people can’t buy drugs; today people are starving; today people can’t pay rent; and you have become richer. We’ll take that money back as long as we live,” he added.

Ghana is currently going through severe economic hardship, which has had a serious impact on the cost of living for its citizens.

The government is seeking to remedy the situation through a $3 billion credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

However, critics of the finance minister say the minister and, in extension, the government bear responsibility for the economic challenges arising from what they say is reckless borrowing since assuming office.