The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced that it will arraign eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, before the court on Monday, November 24, in connection with the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) case.
This development comes after the OSP filed 78 charges against Ofori-Atta and seven others for their alleged involvement in controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
According to a post on the OSP’s official Facebook page, the prosecution will also seek court orders to serve the charge sheet on fugitives currently outside the country.
The former minister and his co-accused face a total of 78 counts of corruption and related offences, including “conspiracy to commit the criminal offence of directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a contract.”
The OSP indicated that the charges, filed on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, constitute violations of section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and section 92(2)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663).
Portions of the suit, filed at the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra under case number CR/0106/2026, read: “Conspiracy to commit the criminal offence of directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract, contrary to section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and section 92(2)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663).”
Those set to face prosecution include former GRA Commissioners-General Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, as well as senior GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa. Other accused persons are Ernest Akore, former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Evans Adusei, owner of SML, and the company itself.
The arraignment marks a major development in the OSP’s ongoing efforts to address corruption and procurement-related offences in public administration.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
