The Office of the Special Prosecutor has formally charged former Minister for Finance, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta and seven others with 78 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences connected to the controversial revenue assurance contracts awarded to Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML).
A charge sheet sighted by Angel News and filed at the High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra on November 18, 2025, named the seven other accused persons: Ernest Darko Akore, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, Isaac Crentsil, Col. (Rtd.) Kwadwo Damoah, Evans Adusei, and Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited.
The accused persons are charged with conspiracy to commit a criminal offence of directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.
The offence is 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).
The particulars of the offence further cite the former Minister of Finance, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, Emmanuel Kofi Nti as Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and Evans Adusei as the beneficial owner, chief executive, and controlling mind of SML.
The charges follow months of scrutiny over contracts between the Ministry of Finance, the GRA, and SML, which many have argued were awarded without due process and imposed a heavy financial burden on the state.
The case is believed to be called within the week.
