The Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP) has detained Ghanaian broadcast journalist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Airports Firm Restricted (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere.
The event was confirmed in a press release issued by the OSP on Wednesday, 31 July 2025, after Mr Adom-Otchere appeared earlier than the workplace earlier within the day as a part of ongoing investigations into an allegedly questionable contracts awarded throughout his tenure.
In response to the assertion, Paul Adom-Otchere and two different people had been interviewed and formally charged. Nonetheless, Mr Adom-Otchere has but to satisfy his bail situations.
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He’s required to current two landed properties (of unspecified worth) registered in his title. He has knowledgeable the OSP that he doesn’t personal any landed property in Ghana. Consequently, he stays in custody till the bail phrases are fulfilled.
The 2 different people concerned are Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, Group Government, Business Companies at GACL, and Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea, Chief Government Officer of Devnest Programs.
The OSP famous that Mr Adom-Otchere is below investigation in reference to a income assurance contract between GACL and a personal agency reportedly owned by the proprietor of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML). The investigation is concentrated on potential procurement breaches, together with the award of a sole-sourced contract to an organization apart from the one authorized by the GACL Board.
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Paul Adom-Otchere Denies Allegations
Talking earlier on Metro TV, Mr Adom-Otchere denied the allegations and accused the OSP of witch-hunting.
In response to him, he had no direct private involvement within the execution of the contract, stating that his position as board chair didn’t lengthen to operational selections.
