The eight individuals charged in the high-profile Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) case are scheduled to appear before the High Court on Monday, November 24, 2025. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has indicated that prosecutors will also request judicial approval to formally serve two of the accused persons who are currently outside Ghana.
The matter has been assigned to Criminal Court 3 in Accra, where proceedings will begin following the charges filed earlier in the week. This development comes after the OSP completed investigations and formally pressed 78 counts of corruption and related offences against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and seven other accused persons.
The charges, entered on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, reference alleged breaches of procurement laws and violations of section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), alongside section 92(2)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663). These offences relate to claims that senior public officials and individuals linked to SML acted together to improperly influence the awarding of procurement contracts.
Those named in the case include Ernest Darko Akore, who previously served as Chef de Cabinet at the Ministry of Finance; former GRA Commissioner-General Emmanuel Kofi Nti; former GRA Commissioner-General Rev Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah; former Customs Division Commissioner and SML General Manager Isaac Crentsil; former Customs Division Commissioner and sitting Jaman South MP Kwadwo Damoah; Evans Adusei; and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited itself.
The prosecution follows extensive investigations into suspected corruption, procurement breaches and financial irregularities associated with contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority and SML. At a media briefing on October 30, 2025, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng revealed that investigators had uncovered evidence pointing to abuse of office and serious legal violations involving officials from the Ministry of Finance, the GRA, and individuals connected to SML.
Court case update
The Republic v Kenneth Ofori-Atta & 7 Ors.
Accused persons will be arraigned before court on Monday, 24 November 2025.
The Prosecution will seek the necessary court orders for service of the charge sheet on the fugitives who are outside of the jurisdiction.… pic.twitter.com/qw0MOVeGxb
— Office of the Special Prosecutor-Ghana (@ospghana) November 20, 2025
