Three Ghanaians have petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to investigate former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over comments regarding donations he made to the NPP in 2024.
The petitioners, Solomon Owusu, Andrew Appiah-Danquah, and Edwin Godwin Buckman, all members of the Movement for Change, argue that Dr. Bawumia should be probed over the source of funding for the donations.
According to the petition, Dr. Bawumia claimed to have donated over 300 Nissan Navara pickup vehicles to the NPP during the 2024 campaign, a feat he said was unmatched in the party’s history.
The petitioners argue that “these declarations raise serious questions about the source of funds, the legality of the transactions, and potential abuse of public office.”
One of the petitioners, Solomon Owusu, speaking on TV3’s BigIssue segment on the NewDay morning show on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, argued that the cost of procuring the vehicles would exceed Dr. Bawumia’s combined salaries as Vice President and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), raising questions about the source of funds.
“In recent days, we’ve heard the former flag bearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, graciously give us information that, he, single-handedly, donated more than 300 brand new Navara pickups to the New Patriotic Party.
“For me, it’s an enough information that all of us know the salary of a Vice President and we know that if you decided not to even take a cedi from his salary, for the entire 8 years, and even the period that he was working at the Bank of Ghana, he could not afford the 300+ Navara pickups from his own pocket.
“On the average, a brand new Navara plus duty will not cost less than 60,000.00. If you take it that it’s 60,000.00, and using the base figure of 300, it means he donated US$18 million to the NPP campaign,” he explained.
The petition, according to Owusu, follows a CDD-Ghana report highlighting a sharp rise in the cost of political campaigning in Ghana.
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He questioned whether the vehicles were funded by external sources, which is illegal under the law.
“Was it a case that this money came from his pocket? Was it a case that he was helped by friends or his network as we’ve been told? And as to whether or not these were not aided by foreigners who are not supposed to take part in our body politics in terms of funding,” he wondered.
Find below the full petition:
Rise in political campaign costs: Solomon Owusu calls for increased transparency in funding Sources
