The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and several high-ranking government officials will face charges of corruption and corruption-related offences before the end of November 2025.
The development follows extensive investigations into controversial revenue assurance contracts awarded to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 30, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng disclosed that the probe uncovered “evidence of serious financial irregularities involving top officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as well as individuals connected to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).”
According to Mr. Agyebeng, those expected to be charged include former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta; Ernest Akorie, former Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Finance; Emmanuel Kofi Nti and Ami Shadai Owusu Amoah, both former Commissioners-General of the GRA; Isaac Crentsil, former Commissioner of the Customs Division; Col. (Rtd.) Kojo Damoah, also a former Customs Commissioner and current Member of Parliament for Dzaman South; and the General Manager of SML.
“The outcome of the investigation is that the OSP will charge the following persons with various corruption and corruption-related offences before the end of November 2025,”
Kissi Agyebeng, Special Prosecutor
Mr. Agyebeng explained that the forthcoming charges are based on “glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments tied to the SML agreements.”
He further stated that SML “lacked both the infrastructure and professional competence to deliver the services it was contracted to provide,” adding that “there was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform.”
The Special Prosecutor also revealed that the OSP is seeking to recover GHS125 million from SML, describing the amount as “unjust enrichment obtained unfairly at the expense of the Republic.”
Mr. Agyebeng added that the payments to SML were largely automatic and detached from actual performance, with percentage-based fees that incentivised inflated figures and undeserved earnings.
