Court adjourns Ofori-Atta, SML Revenue Assurance case
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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) confirmed the adjournment in a brief update on Monday, 24 November 2025, noting that the court was unable to sit as earlier scheduled.
The high-profile prosecution of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and seven others, arising from the controversial Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML)–Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) revenue assurance contracts, has been postponed.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) confirmed the adjournment in a brief update on Monday, 24 November 2025, noting that the court was unable to sit as earlier scheduled. A fresh hearing date, the office said, will be communicated directly to both prosecutors and defence lawyers by the High Court.
The postponement comes less than a week after the OSP filed 78 counts of corruption and procurement-related charges against Mr Ofori-Atta and the other accused persons on Tuesday, 18 November 2025. The charges stem from the GRA–SML revenue assurance agreements, a set of contracts that have attracted scrutiny over alleged procurement breaches and questionable payments.
Court documents, filed under case number CR/0106/2026 at the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra, cite infractions under:
Section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and
Section 92(2)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663).
One of the key counts accuses the defendants of conspiring to “directly or indirectly influence the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.”
Persons Standing Trial
Those named alongside the former Finance Minister include:
Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, former Commissioner-General, GRA
Emmanuel Kofi Nti, former Commissioner-General, GRA
Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoah, both former Customs Division Commissioners
Ernest Darko Akore, former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance
Evans Adusei, owner of Strategic Mobilisation Limited
Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd itself
The OSP maintains that the accused persons played various roles in a scheme it describes as a coordinated attempt to manipulate procurement processes linked to the revenue assurance contracts.
