Former Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) Board Chair, Paul Adom-Otchere, has been temporarily released by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after revised bail conditions were secured through the Jospong Group of Companies.
This follows days of legal deadlock during which Mr. Adom-Otchere remained in custody due to his inability to meet initial bail conditions that required landed property registered in his name — a requirement he reportedly could not fulfil.
According to a statement issued by the OSP on Friday, August 1, the new terms offered by Adom-Otchere’s legal team satisfy the agency’s bail standards and allow for his temporary release.
However, the former GACL board chair is expected to return to the OSP to complete administrative processes as investigations intensify.
Mr. Adom-Otchere was formally charged earlier this week, along with two others — GACL’s Commercial Services Executive, Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, and Devnest Systems CEO, Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea — in connection with a revenue assurance contract awarded under controversial circumstances.
The contract, reportedly linked to a company associated with the founder of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), is at the centre of the probe. The OSP believes procurement procedures may have been breached, particularly regarding sole-sourcing and lack of board approval.
Adom-Otchere’s initial arrest followed a formal invitation from the OSP after he was named a suspect in a letter dated July 25. His questioning began on July 31.
This case adds to a growing list of procurement-related investigations by the Special Prosecutor’s office, many of which involve sole-sourced contracts and alleged abuse of office within state institutions.
GACL, which manages the country’s airports, including Kotoka International Airport, now finds itself at the heart of a high-profile anti-corruption probe.
While the case remains open, the release of Adom-Otchere—backed by one of Ghana’s major private entities—marks a significant turn in what could become one of the OSP’s landmark prosecutions in the public sector.
