Manasseh Azure Awuni has accused the OSP of making the PPA CEO scandal a ‘foolish case’
Award-winning investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has called out the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over its handling of the ‘Contract for Sale’ case involving the former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei.
In a series of posts shared on X on Sunday, December 7, 2025, Manasseh accused the OSP, which is already under intense scrutiny over the handling of the SML scandal case involving former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, of making the ‘Contract for Sale’ case a “foolish case.”
He accused the office of dropping the case in 2024 without any justification after years of prosecution, and he presented his testimony.
He claimed that the OSP even failed to submit his “Contract for Sale” document, which was the basis of the allegation against the former PPA boss.
“From December 2022 to April 2024, I testified and was cross-examined. The OSP dropped the charges and filed again without a SINGLE new charge. The particulars of the offences were the same. The case began all over again, and the OSP called me to come and testify again.
“The court admitted the ‘Contracts for Sale’ documentary in evidence, but the pendrive that the OSP submitted to the court did not contain the documentary. The OSP said it was an error,” parts of his post read.
He added, “If you knew the full details of how the OSP is making the PPA CEO scandal a ‘foolish case,’ you would understand why I’m being openly critical of that office.”
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About the Contract for Sale Case:
The OSP filed cases against Adjenim Boateng Adjei and his brother-in-law, Francis Kwaku Arhin, in 2022 after he was fired by then-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, following the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on the “Contracts for Sale” documentary by Manasseh.
The OSP slapped the accused person with 17 charges for allegedly manipulating the award of public contracts for personal benefit. The accused person reportedly used a company called Talent Discovery Limited (TDL) to secure government contracts.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, the OSP dropped all the charges against the accused person and filed eight fresh charges, including four counts each of using public office for profit and directly and indirectly influencing the public procurement process using his office.
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