The corruption trial of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is set to resume on Thursday, August 27, 2026, following the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision upholding the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act.
The OSP announced the new hearing date on Monday, August 10, after the apex court affirmed the validity of the OSP Act, 2017 (Act 959).
The ruling clears the way for several cases that had been suspended following legal questions over the OSP’s prosecutorial powers.
Ofori-Atta is facing 28 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences linked to revenue assurance contracts between Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
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The case initially involved 78 charges against Ofori-Atta and seven others before the charges were amended.
Other accused persons include former GRA Commissioners-General Emmanuel Kofi Nti and Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, former Customs Commissioners Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoah, SML CEO Evans Adusei, and former Chief of Cabinet Ernest Darko Akore.
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The OSP alleges that the accused were involved in corruption-related offences connected to the SML-GRA arrangements.
The August 27 hearing is expected to mark the formal resumption of one of the OSP’s most closely watched corruption cases.
