Kissi Agyabeng, the Special Prosecutor has arrived at the Accra High Court for the trial of former National Petroleum Commission CEO, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and others.
Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and others are facing charges of an alleged GH¢280 million money laundering scheme, fraud and causing financial loss to the state.
The OSP charged seven individuals and three companies in the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) GHC280m scandal.
The OSP charges stem from alleged fraud at the NPA between 2022 and December 2024.
Mustapha Hamid, Amuah, and Newman gas been alleged to have used their office to siphon GHC280,516,127.19 from petroleum transporters and oil marketing companies.
The former NPA CEO has been fingered as the mastermind and was executed by Amuah and Newman without any legal mandate.
The accused Individuals and Companies are as follows
Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Former CEO, NPA
Jacob Kwamina Amuah – Coordinator, Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF), and MD of Propnest, Kel Logistics, and Kings Energy
Wendy Newman – Staff, NPA
Albert Ankrah – Director, Kel Logistics Limited
Isaac Mensah – Director, Kel Logistics Limited
Bright Bediako-Mensah – Director, Kel Logistics and Kings Energy Limited
Kwaku Aboagye Acquaah – Director, Kings Energy Limited
Propnest Limited
Kel Logistics Limited
Kings Energy Limited
The accused person and corporate entities are facing 25 counts, including Extortion by a Public Officer, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Money Laundering.
Meanwhile, Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has tackled former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, after he was fingered in the NPA scandal.
According to Martin Kpebu, he is shocked, the man who eight years ago said walahi Ghana needs to be rescued from the NDC received 24m directly in his hands.
Kpebu added that Mustapha Hamid should have known that he should be the last person to be caught like that, in a very cheap manner.
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Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng arrives at the Accra High Court for the trial of former National Petroleum Commission CEO, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and others, who are facing charges of an alleged GH¢280 million money laundering scheme, fraud and causing financial loss to the… pic.twitter.com/b7YOCIvyTi
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