The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched an investigation into allegations of corruption related to the recent Ejisu by-election, focusing on the Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Professor Kingsley Nyarko, and some Election Commission (EC) temporary staff.

Reports from sources close to the investigation indicate that the OSP has arrested and interrogated several individuals connected to the case.

The probe centers on an incident captured by Adom News cameras, where Professor Kingsley Nyarko was seen handing an envelope to two EC officials at the Church of Pentecost Polling Station in Fumesua during the by-election.

Following the incident, the EC suspended the two officials, Ballot Issuer and Presiding Officer Regina Serwaa and George Sasu, pending criminal investigations into their conduct.

Despite Professor Nyarko's assertion that the money was given in good faith and not intended as a bribe or to influence the officials, there have been calls for his prosecution. Election Watch Ghana, a civil society organization, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate Dr. Kingsley Nyarko.

However, governance expert Prof. Baffour Agyeman Duah has dismissed these calls for prosecution, suggesting that there may have been no criminal intent behind Professor Nyarko's actions.

"Frankly, this is much I do about nothing because the response we are getting already tells you where this is going to go.

"Unless the Electoral Commission has direct rules against politicians and others giving lunch to people, I don't know what they can do about this," he explained.