Hamza Sayibu Suhuyini, a private legal practitioner, has expressed fears over the fate of the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) that has been taken to court.
He is skeptical about the successful prosecution of those implicated in the scandal, raising concerns about the Attorney-General’s Office taking the matter up to complete it, should the OSP fail in that regard.
His fears come after the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) filed 78 charges against eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, over their alleged roles in the contracts.
Suhuyini believes the matter might not see the light of day, while the Attorney-General (A-G) might be crippled in pursuing it, should the OSP fail in its prosecution.
The NDC Communication team member, during a discussion on TV3’s NewDay morning show, the BigIssue segment, expressed his reservations about the OSP’s commitment to the cause, saying the office was created with political expediency by the previous administration, making occupants of the office adopt the same posture.
“If this gentleman goes and is not successful with the SML matter, it ties the hands of the Attorney-General’s office to deal with the same matter,” he noted.
He believes the politics surrounding the creation of the OSP makes it bound to fail in its core mandate of prosecuting corruption and corruption-related issues, stating that “the time has come for us to confront the politics of that institution.”
According to him, the Office of the Special Prosecutor “was created as a political response and to score some political points under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.”
“So, I’m not surprised that even those who head that institution have themselves assumed that political posture. There is the need for us to say it as it is. We cannot continue on this tangent,” he explained
The OSP officially charged those implicated in the SML-GRA contract on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
Those set to face prosecution under the matter include former GRA Commissioner-Generals Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, as well as senior GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa. Ernest Akore, a former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, SML’s owner, Evans Adusei, and SML are also among the accused.
The charges come after months of investigations by the OSP, which uncovered alleged corruption, abuse of office, and procurement breaches in the award and execution of the SML-GRA contracts.
According to the Special Prosecutor, William Kissi Agyebeng, evidence gathered by his office “points to criminal conduct” by some officials during the negotiation, approval, and implementation of the contracts.
The charges include conspiracy to commit the criminal offence of directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.
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