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Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei, the legal counsel for Paul Adom-Otchere, has slammed the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over their bail conditions for their client.
According to Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei, the OSP bail condition is very unreasonable.
Adom-Otchere’s legal counsel revealed his client had already informed the OSP that he does not own any landed property, but went on to set two landed properties in his name as bail conditions.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One Newsroom on Thursday, July 31, Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei detailed, “It is unreasonable in the context of bail to require an accused person to produce properties in his own name. What the OSP is essentially saying is that persons who lack property or are poor people in this country cannot make bail in this country.”
“The shocking fact is that while taking the profile of the suspect, the suspect indicated that he does not own any landed property, and so for the OSP to set two landed properties in his name, precedent for his bail condition, it is essentially concluding to hang him and detain him. We find the bail condition very unreasonable,” he stated.
He added, “We will explore all legal avenues to ensure that Mr. Adom-Otchere is freed”.
Adom Otchere lawyer, further revealed that they do not know the whereabouts of their client.
Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei added, “As I speak, I’m unable to say for a fact where our client is, except to mention that he’s been moved from the Office of the Special Prosecutor. We are getting conflicting reports as to his location.
“We’ve been to the National Security Head Office, and we’ve been informed he’s not there. And so we are still making frantic efforts to locate specifically where he’s been taken to,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has detained Paul Adom-Otchere after interviewing him and two others, and formally charged them.
The OSP revealed that Adom Otchere failed to meet the bail condition, as he claimed he did not own any landed property in Ghana.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor in a post on X yesterday, July 31, 2025, stated, “The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has interviewed and formally charged the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Paul Adom-Otchere and two others. However, Mr Adom-Otchere has so far been unable to meet his bail conditions.
He is required to present two landed properties (of no specific value) registered in his name. However, he has informed the OSP that he does not own landed property in Ghana. As a result, he remains in custody until the bail terms are satisfied”.
“The two other persons are Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, Group Executive, Commercial Services, GACL, An Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea, CEO of Devnest Systems”.
The OSP further revealed details of their investigation against Paul Adom Otchere.
According to Adom Otchere is under investigation in connection with a revenue assurance contract between GACL and a private firm.
They added, “Mr Adom-Otchere is under investigation in connection with a revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and a private firm owned by the proprietor of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).
The OSP is examining possible procurement breaches, including a sole-sourced contract awarded to a company other than the one approved by the GACL Board”.
Meanwhile, Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure has exposed Paul Adom-Otchere after he tried to distance himself from the GACL contract before his detention by the OSP.
Manasseh, in an X post, wrote, “I have watched your special morning edition of ‘Good Evening Ghana’ in which you named me. Even as my investigation into the contract is yet to be published, I wish to draw your attention to a few issues.
You said I had engaged you on this matter, and we had exchanged questions and answers. You also said you had yet to respond to some of the questions I sent you. This is wholly correct. And I’m still waiting for your response to the questions after the several promises and timelines you gave me”.
He added, “In distancing yourself from the contract, you claimed on your show this morning that you didn’t know the owners of the company that won the shady contracts. Paul, this is false. You have admitted to me, not once but TWICE, that you knew the owners of the company from the very beginning.
I HAVE EVIDENCE OF THIS. I also have evidence that a year before that company (the one which eventually won the contract) came to the board meeting you chaired at the GACL, you had met those behind the company. So, Paul, it’s a lie if you claim you didn’t know the owners of the company that won the contract”.
The investigative journalist added that his remarks are just based on Adom Otchere’s Good Evening Ghana remarks, in which he named him.
He revealed that the story will reveal why the deal is a scandal and why Adom Otchere, the Managing Director of GACL, and the PPA may need to answer some important questions.