Ghana Airports Company Limited

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is investigating suspected corruption and corruption-related offences concerning the award of a revenue assurance contract by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to Evatex Limited. The contract, awarded through non-competitive sole sourcing, is alleged to have circumvented the statutory procurement process, contrary to the Public Procurement Act.

The parties of interest include GACL (as the contracting authority), Evatex Limited (the contract awardee), and Devnest (a company that appeared before the Board but was not awarded the contract). Persons under investigation include the GACL Board Chair and members of senior management. Preliminary findings suggest that the Board Chair facilitated the substitution of Devnest—with Board approval—with Evatex, a company reportedly owned by the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML), a known associate.

At the time of the award, Evatex lacked the requisite certification to provide revenue assurance services, had been dormant for several years, was registered in the mining sector, and employed only one person. The company did not appear before the Board prior to the award. The OSP is assessing the extent of procedural breaches, potential conflict of interest, and abuse of office.

Following the commencement of the investigation, GACL management has terminated the contract pending the outcome of the probe.

Investigators are examining possible irregularities, including sole-sourcing concerns, at the Ghana Airports Company Limited during Paul Adom-Otchere’s tenure as Board Chairman. In late July 2025, Paul Adom-Otchere, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), and two others were interviewed, formally charged, and initially detained after he failed to meet the original bail conditions, reportedly due to his inability to provide two landed properties in his name. He was later released in early August 2025 after the OSP accepted revised bail terms secured by the Jospong Group.

On 28 October 2025, Adom-Otchere filed an application at the High Court seeking to quash an OSP directive, issued on 4 August 2025, ordering him to declare his properties and income. Represented by lawyers led by former Attorney-General Godfred Dame, he argues that the directive is unlawful, violates the OSP Act, and amounts to harassment. The matter remains pending before the court.

The investigation remains ongoing.