The ongoing investigation into the Strategic Mobilization Limited (SML) revenue assurance contract with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has postponed the case involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and seven other individuals.
In a Facebook post on Monday, November 24, 2025, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) declared that the court will not convene on the previously planned date.
The OSP claims that the High Court will notify the Republic and the accused parties of a revised date.
The OSP filed 78 accusations against Mr. Ofori-Atta and the seven other accused persons on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, over their alleged roles in the contentious GRA–SML revenue assurance agreements.
The allegations include 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).
A section of the lawsuit, filed under case number CR/0106/2026 at the High Court’s Criminal Division in Accra, 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).”
Former GRA Commissioners-General Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, top GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa, Ernest Akore, a former technical advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Evans Adusei, the owner of SML, and the business itself are all likely to be prosecuted.
Source: newsthemegh.com