Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, former Energy Minister and the 2024 Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has revealed that the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) is investigating him.
The former Education Minister stated that the investigation pertained to his tenure at the Ministry of Education.
Speaking to journalists in Accra on June 4, 2025, Dr. Opoku Prempeh—popularly known as NAPO—disclosed that the NIB had invited him twice to assist with inquiries related to his time in office.
“As I speak to you now, I have been invited by the NIB on two different occasions to answer some questions from my time as Education Minister—some issues I don’t even remember. But the records are there to show,” he stated.
In recent times, the new administration under President John Dramani Mahama has initiated investigations into the activities of former government appointees.
Several security agencies have begun probing past dealings under the previous government. In addition to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako—commonly known as Chairman Wontumi—is also under investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for alleged money laundering and corruption.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice is currently building 33 cases of corruption and related offences against former government appointees.
These cases stem from investigations conducted by the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Team, an anti-corruption task force established by President Mahama after his 2024 election victory.
The team was tasked with gathering information on suspected corruption, particularly under the previous administration, and forwarding it to the appropriate state institutions for action.
