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The Republic of Ghana has filed a set of 78 criminal charges at the High Court in Accra against eight individuals and one company in connection with the controversial revenue assurance contract awarded to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
The charge sheet, dated 18 November 2025, lists former Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta as the first accused. Other key individuals include former Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Acting Commissioner-General Emmanuel Kofi Nti, and the Chief Executive of SML, Evans Edusei. SML itself is also named as an accused entity.
According to prosecutors, the accused persons are alleged to have conspired to manipulate a public procurement process to secure an undue advantage in the award of the contract—offences said to be in breach of the Criminal Offences Act and the Public Procurement Act, 2003.
The case follows months of scrutiny over the GRA–SML revenue assurance arrangement, which critics argued lacked transparency and proper procurement procedures.
However, uncertainty remains over whether Mr Ofori-Atta will appear before the High Court. The former minister, currently reported to be abroad for medical care, has been declared a fugitive by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after failing to honour an invitation for questioning. He was subsequently placed on an INTERPOL Red Notice—a global alert requesting his location and provisional arrest ahead of possible extradition.
Mr Ofori-Atta has petitioned INTERPOL for the withdrawal of the notice, while some of the other accused persons have filed human rights actions against the OSP.
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