The Accra High Court has given the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) an additional four weeks to complete efforts to serve former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his former Chief of Cabinet, Ernest Darko Akore, with court summons in the United States.
The development has led to another adjournment of the case, which involves Ofori-Atta and seven other accused persons.
According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the case has now been adjourned to October 29, 2026.
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At the sitting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, the prosecution told the court that a team sent to the United States of America to engage the US Department of Justice on the service of summons had not yet returned to Ghana.
The prosecution therefore asked the court for more time to complete the necessary processes, a request that was granted.
Ofori-Atta is facing 28 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences arising from investigations by the OSP into revenue assurance arrangements between Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The other accused persons are former GRA Commissioners-General Emmanuel Kofi Nti and Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah; former Commissioners of the Customs Division Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoah; Ernest Darko Akore; SML Chief Executive Officer Evans Adusei; and SML.
The OSP alleges that the accused persons were involved in corruption and corruption-related offences connected to the SML-GRA revenue assurance arrangements, which allegedly resulted in financial losses exceeding GH¢1.4 billion.
Those who have been served with the court processes and have appeared before the court have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
At the previous hearing on August 27, 2026, the court adjourned the case to September 29, 2026, to allow the prosecution more time to serve Ofori-Atta and Akore in the United States.
The case is among several prosecutions by the OSP that have faced delays following legal challenges over the Office’s prosecutorial powers.
Proceedings in some OSP cases were stalled from April 2026 after a High Court ruling questioned the Office’s authority to prosecute cases independently of the Attorney General.
The Supreme Court subsequently upheld the constitutional validity of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), in a unanimous decision.
The latest adjournment means the OSP now has until the next hearing on October 29 to complete the service of the summons on the two accused persons in the United States.
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