The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has arrested five more individuals as part of its ongoing investigation into suspected corruption and related offences connected to revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).
Those newly arrested include high-profile former public officials and associates of SML. Among them are: Evans Adusei, Chief Executive Officer of SML, Philip Mensah, former Deputy Commissioner (Legal) at GRA, now serving as Legal Consultant to SML, Kofi Nti, former Commissioner-General of GRA; and Joseph Kuruk and Faustina Adjorkor, both officials of the Public Procurement Authority.
Three of the individuals were detained overnight after failing to meet bail conditions, while all five were subsequently granted bail.
These latest arrests follow the earlier detention of other former top GRA officials by the OSP. They include Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, former Commissioner-General of GRA, Isaac Crentsil, former Commissioner of Customs, now the General Manager at SML, Christian Tetteh Sottie, former Technical Advisor at GRA, now Managing Director of SML
The OSP’s probe focuses on the legality of the contracts awarded to SML, the procurement processes involved, and the financial implications for the state.
The investigation also seeks to verify claims by SML that its operations have led to significant revenue savings for the government.
