The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed financial recoveries and a sweeping seizure of high-value assets, including luxury vehicles and prime real estate across Accra, as part of its ongoing anti-corruption drive in the latter half of 2025.
According to the OSP’s Half Yearly Report for July to December 2025, the office secured notable cash recoveries for the state.
It recovered “Two Million United States Dollars (US$ 2,000,000.00) for Minerals Income Investment Fund” and a further “Eight Million Five Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Cedis (GH₵8,518,233.00) in respect of investigation regarding diversion of petroleum products.”
The report details an extensive list of properties seized and now being managed by the OSP, predominantly linked to the case CR/0603/2025 The Republic v. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & Nine Others.
The seized assets include an immediate cash seizure of “Nine Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Five Cedis Fifty-Six Pesewas (GH₵951,995.56)” and four fuel stations located in Opeikuma, Dansoman, Abeka Lapaz in Accra and Millenium City near Kasoa.
The real estate portfolio seized is vast and high-value, encompassing lands in Tamale, Haatso, Adenta, and Kumasi with a combined value of tens of millions of cedis. Among the most prominent seized properties are a “Two-storey residential building located at East Legon, Accra valued at Twelve Million Seven Hundred and Thirteen Thousand Cedis (GH₵12,713,000.00)” and a “Two-storey building located at Adjiringanor, Accra valued at Ten Million Cedis (GH₵10,000,000,00).”
The OSP also seized multiple luxury apartments in upscale Accra developments such as The Bantree, The Signature, The Lennox, and The Address, with individual units valued between GH₵1.4 million and GH₵3.5 million. Additionally, “Six-unit blocks of buildings located at Agbogba, Accra valued at Ten Million cedis (GH₵10,000,000.00)” and “Twenty-three fuel tanker trucks” were seized.
In a separate investigation into the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), the OSP seized a fleet of luxury vehicles valued at “Eighteen Million Six Hundred Thousand cedis (GH₵18,600,000.00).” The seized vehicles include a “Mercedes Benz Brabus 800 S/W,” a “Rolls Royce Mansory Phantom S/C,” a “Mercedes Benz Maybach S680 S/C,” and several Toyota Land Cruisers and Lexus models.
These seizures and recoveries, pending the outcomes of trials and forfeiture proceedings, represent a tangible demonstration of the OSP’s asset recovery mandate. The report underscores the scale of suspected illicit wealth targeted by the anti-corruption office, with the combined value of the detailed seized assets and cash running into hundreds of millions of Ghana cedis.
The Office secured notable financial recoveries and seized substantial tainted prime immovable and movable assets as follows꞉
FINANCIAL RECOVERIES
i. The Office recovered Two Million United States Dollars (US$2,000,000.00) for Minerals Income Investment Fund.
ii. The Office recovered Eight Million Five Hundred and Eighteen T h o u s a n d Two H u n d re d a n d T h irt y – T h re e C e d i s (GH₵8,518,233.00) in respect of investigation regarding diversion of petroleum products.
ASSETS SEIZURE
The Office seized, and it is managing, the following properties in respect of CR/0603/2025 The Republic v. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & Nine Others pending before the High Court (Criminal Division), Accra꞉
i. Cash seizure of Nine Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Five Cedis Fifty-Six Pesewas (GH₵951,995.56).
ii. Four fuel stations located at Opeikuma, Dansoman, Abeka Lapaz, and Millenium City in Accra.
iii. Parcel of land located in Tamale valued at Nine Million Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand Cedis (GH₵9,930,000.00).
iv. Parcel of land located in Adenta, Accra, yet to be valued.
DEVELOPMENTS
v. Parcel of land located in Haatso, Accra valued at Two Million Seven Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand Cedis (GH₵2,737,000.00).
vi. Parcel of land located at Danyame, Kumasi valued at Four M i l l i o n Se v e n H u n d re d a n d Si x t y -Si x T h o u s a n d (GH₵4,766,000.00).
vii. Two-storey residential building located at East Legon, Accra valued at Twelve Million Seven Hundred and Thirteen Thousand Cedis (GH₵12,713,000.00).
viii. One-bedroom apartment in The Bantree, Airport Residential, Accra valued at One Million Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand Cedis (GH₵1,435,000.00).
ix. Two uncompleted apartments in The Bantree, Airport Residential, Accra.
x. One studio apartment in The Signature, Boundary Road, Accra valued at Two Million Seventy-Five Thousand Cedis (GH₵2,075,000.00).
xi. Two-bedroom apartment in The Signature, Boundary Road, Accra valued at Three Million Five Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand Cedis (GH₵3,562,000.00).
xii. One studio apartment in Beyond, Airport Residential, Accra valued at Three Million Five Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand Cedis (GH₵3,562,000.00).
xiii. Three one-bedroom deluxe apartments under construction at The Monarch, Airport Residential, Accra.
xiv. One-bedroom apartment in The Lennox, Airport Residential, Accra valued at One Million Six Hundred and Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Cedis (GH₵1,687,500.00).
xv. One-bedroom apartment in The Address, Roman Ridge, Accra valued at Three Million One Hundred and Forty-One Thousand Cedis (GH₵3,141,000.00).
xvi. Two uncompleted studio apartments in The Address, Roman Ridge, Accra.
xvii. Two-storey building located at Adjiringanor, Accra valued at Ten Million Cedis (GH₵10,000,000,00).
xviii. Two-bedroom apartment in The Loxwood Apartments, Boundary Road, Accra.
xix. Four uncompleted apartments in The Atlas, Airport City, Accra.
xx. Six-unit blocks of buildings located at Agbogba, Accra valued at Ten Million cedis (GH₵10,000,000.00).
xxi. Twenty-three fuel tanker trucks. The Office seized, and it is managing, the following properties in respect of the Minerals Income Investment Fund investigation
valued at Eighteen Million Six Hundred Thousand cedis (GH₵18,600,000.00)꞉
i. Mercedes Benz Brabus 800 S/W
ii. Rolls Royce Mansory Phantom S/C
iii. Mercedes Benz Maybach S680 S/C
iv. Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 S/W
v. Two units Toyota Land Cruiser S/W
vi. Lexus Lx600
vii. Two units Fiat bullion vans
Source:
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