The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has outlined significant progress in several high-profile corruption and corruption-related cases, including prosecutions involving former public officials and corporate entities, according to its Half-Yearly Report covering July to December 2025.
The report, submitted in accordance with the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), provides a detailed account of investigations, prosecutions, asset recovery efforts, and institutional challenges faced during the period under review.
Among the major cases highlighted is Criminal Case No. CR/0106/2026, in which the OSP charged eight individuals and one corporate entity with a total of 78 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences.
The accused persons include Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, identified in the report as a former Minister of Finance, Ernest Darko Akore, several former officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), and Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML).
According to the OSP, the Republic’s case is that the accused allegedly conspired to improperly influence procurement processes to secure audit-related contracts. The report states that the contracts were allegedly executed without mandatory prior approvals from Parliament and the Board of the Public Procurement Authority, among other statutory breaches.
The OSP further alleges that the conduct resulted in financial loss to the state estimated at GH₵1.43 billion.
The case was opened at the High Court in Accra on 11 December 2025, where pleas were taken for some accused persons. The court granted bail in the sum of GH₵50 million each, with two sureties to be justified, alongside conditions including passport surrender and weekly reporting.
The court also ordered that summons be served on Mr. Ofori-Atta and Mr. Akore to appear on 26 February 2026 to answer the charges.
The report explains that the OSP filed the charges on 18 November 2025 and subsequently initiated steps to effect personal service of court processes in the United States, stressing that the matter had moved beyond investigations to active prosecution. Fresh warrants of arrest were issued by the court on 2 December 2025, the report adds.
In a separate case, CR/0603/2025, involving Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and others, the OSP reported that charges were amended from 25 to 54 counts following the emergence of additional evidence.
The Office is seeking to prove alleged offences including extortion, abuse of office, and money laundering, involving sums totaling GH₵291.57 million and US$332,407.47.
The report notes that the court has issued disclosure timelines and case management directions extending into January 2026, as the matter proceeds.
