Special Prosecutor charges former PPA boss on 17 counts over corruption and procurement breaches

He has been particularly charged with eight counts of using public office for profit, and nine counts of directly and indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.

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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei with various counts for corruption and procurement breaches after he was implicated in the Contracts for Sale documentary.

In a press release dated May 18, 2022, it indicated that Mr. Adjenim Boateng Adjei has particularly been charged with eight counts of using public office for profit, and nine counts of directly and indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.

Francis Kwaku Arhin, the brother-in-law of Mr. Boateng who was also implicated in the documentary, has been additionally charged with one count of using public office for profit. 

According to the release, the two will appear before the Accra High Court (Criminal Division) on May 25, 2022. 

Background

President Akufo-Addo on August 22, 2019, suspended Mr Adjei from office, following the broadcast of a documentary by freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, titled “Contracts for Sale.”

The documentary revealed that a company co-owned by Mr. Adjenim Boateng had sold government contracts it won through single-source and restrictive tendering to the highest bidder.

The matter was subsequently referred to CHRAJ to investigate allegations of conflict of interest and those relating to potential acts of corruption to the Office of Special Prosecutor.

CHRAJ after investigating Mr. Adjei found him guilty of conflict of interest in the performance of his duties.

It was based on the recommendations of CHRAJ’s report that Mr Adjei was sacked from office in October.