OSP Drags Ex-NPA CEO and Others to Court Over GHC280m Extortion, Money Laundering Scheme
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has brought serious corruption and money laundering charges against seven individuals, including former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and three companies.
The accused include top NPA officials and directors of private firms—Propnest Limited, Kel Logistics Limited, and Kings Energy Limited. They face a combined 25 charges, among them extortion by a public officer and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Official notice issued by the OSP displayed above.
According to the OSP, from 2022 to December 2024, Abdul-Hamid, alongside Jacob Kwamina Amuah (Coordinator of the Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund) and NPA staff member Wendy Newman, operated an illegal extortion ring that raked in over GHC280 million from petroleum transporters and oil marketing companies. Investigators allege that in 2024 alone, Amuah handed GHC24 million directly to Abdul-Hamid, while a staggering GHC227.2 million was transferred through Newman.
