Jospong Group steps in for Adom-Otchere bail: Wetin dey happen?
E be like say wahala dey for former Board Chairman of Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere, but Jospong Group dey there to help am. According to reports, Jospong Group of Companies don step in to secure bail for am after e no fit meet the initial bail conditions wey Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) give am.
OSP talk for social media say dem don “accept revised bail conditions wey Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere ein legal counsel propose.” Dem add say “the revised terms, wey meet the objectives of the original bail conditions, Jospong Group of Companies, dey act as surety secure am.”
Before this one happen, OSP announce say dem formally charge and detain Adom-Otchere after e no fit meet initial bail requirements. Dem expect am to provide “two landed properties (of no specific value) wey dey register for ein name,” but e tell OSP say e “no get landed property for Ghana.”
Because of that one, dem keep am for custody, unlike ein co-accused, Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, Group Executive of Commercial Services for GACL, and Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea, CEO of Devnest Systems, wey dem charge dem too but dem no dey detention. Dem dey investigate all of dem because of revenue assurance contract wey dey controversial between GACL and private firm wey dem talk say e dey link to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).
OSP dey investigate if procurement breaches dey, including sole-sourced contract wey dem give to company wey GACL Board no approve.
Amaliba ein take on the matter
Private legal practitioner and Director-General of National Road Safety Authority, Abraham Amaliba, talk say Paul Adom-Otchere for confront the issues wey Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) raise instead of hiding behind personal grievances. E talk for JoyNews’ Newsfile say Adom-Otchere no fit dismiss the matter say dem dey victimize am because e get bad blood with Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng.
“E for stop dey hide behind the fact say e get some bad blood between am and Kissi Agyebeng and confront the issues as e dey,” Mr Amaliba talk. E add say OSP raise serious issues wey relate to Procurement Act breaches involving single-sourced contract wey dem later alter.
“This for me no be witch-hunting as e dey claim. This be about calling for accountability,” e stress. “The matters dey clear. You engage in single-source contract, and e turn out say another company end up dey do the work?”
