The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is set to arraign eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, on Monday, November 24, 2025, as part of its ongoing probe into the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) revenue assurance contract with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
This development follows the filing of 78 charges against Mr. Ofori-Atta and seven others over their alleged roles in the contentious agreements between the GRA and SML.
In a statement published on its official Facebook page on Thursday, November 20, the OSP revealed that it will also seek court orders to serve charge documents on some of the accused persons currently outside Ghana’s jurisdiction.
According to the OSP, the charges filed on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, border on breaches 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).
A portion of the suit, filed at the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra under case number CR/0106/2026, states:
“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 scheduled for prosecution include former Commissioners-General of the GRA, Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti; senior GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa; Ernest Akore, a former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance; Evans Adusei, owner of SML; as well as the company itself.
