4 public officers charged with corruption over seized rice containers in 2022 valued at greater than $200,000 will seem earlier than the Excessive Court docket in Accra on Friday, June 27.
Issah Seidu, James Keck Osei, John Abban, and Peter Archibold Hyde have been formally charged with corruption after allegedly conspiring to hijack 10 containers of imported rice at Tema Port.
The rice, imported from Thailand in 2022, was fraudulently claimed by Seidu, utilizing faux
paperwork and a letter falsely issued from the Workplace of the Vice President.
Seidu, who works with the Nationwide Insurance coverage Fee, and Osei, a former Director on the Vice President’s Secretariat, allegedly teamed up with two senior Customs officers—Abban and Hyde—to override customs processes and safe the products.
Regardless of the rice being legally imported and duties paid, the group tried to public sale the includeers to Seidu. Their plot collapsed after inside investigations and a Excessive Court docket ruling uncovered the
scheme.
The details in line with Dr Isidore Tufuor, Director of Prosecutions, Workplace of Particular Prosecutor (OSP) are that in 2022, the primary accused, Seidu, was a employees member with the Nationwide Insurance coverage Commission, Accra and a businessman.
He stated the second accused Osei, was a public servant and the Director of Administration on the Secretariat of the Workplace of the Vice President.
The third accused individual, Abban, was a Customs Officer on the rank of Principal Income Officer and an investigator with the Ghana Income Authority (GRA).
The fourth accused, Hyde, was a Customs Officer on the rank of Principal Income Officer and the Officer-in-Cost of the State Warehouse at Tema.
The details stated on November 10, 2021, the complainant entered into an settlement with Lek Group of Firms, the registered trademark homeowners of Lele rice, for permission to import 10,000 luggage of Lele rice from Thailand.
It stated the products had been imported below the enterprise identify of Faithy Ventures.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA