Sammy Darko Appiah, the Director of Strategy, Research and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor, has revealed that the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere, is a key suspect in the OSP’s ongoing investigation.
According to Sammy Darko, the OSP has come across evidence that directly points to certain actions of Adom-Otchere as a board chairman that fall in line with the offences.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 New Day, Friday, August 1, 2025, Sammy Darko detailed, “The OSP has set the bail terms, Mr. Adom Otchere has not been able to meet the bail terms. Mr. Adom Otchere was invited to come to the OSP not as person of interest, he was invited to come as a suspect.
“He put out a letter, and those who have read the letter would see that the letter was directing him to come as a suspect because he is a key suspect in the investigation,” he stated.
“As far as the OSP is concerned, we have come across evidence that directly points to certain actions of Mr. Adom-Otchere as a board chairman that fall in line with the offences that we are allowed to investigate, and that is what we are investigating,” he added.
The OSP had earlier invited Paul Adom-Otchere to report to their office on Thursday, July 31.
The former board Chairman of the GACL reported and interviewed together with Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, Group Executive, Commercial Services, GACL and Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea, CEO of Devnest Systems.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) later announced that they had detained Paul Adom-Otchere after he 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, 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.