OSP to file charges in GHC 280m NPA corruption scandal

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) plans to file criminal charges against top officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). This will happen before the end of June. The charges relate to a corruption scandal involving over GH¢280 million.

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng announced this at a press briefing on June 2. He stated that investigations uncovered a scheme by NPA officials from 2022 to 2024. These officials exploited their positions for personal gain.

Agyebeng revealed that they used threats, coercion, bribery, and regulatory pressure. They extracted large sums of money from oil marketing companies. The total proceeds traced amount to GH¢280.5 million.

These funds were used to buy properties, haulage trucks, and set up competing oil firms. The names of the accused were not disclosed during the briefing. However, the OSP confirmed its probe targets former NPA boss Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and three others.

The OSP will begin filing charges against the first group of suspects by the end of June. They also plan to charge complicit oil firms. Afterward, they promise full public disclosure about who did what and what has been recovered.