The OSP has said that the charges against Dr Abdul-Hamid aren’t ‘useless’
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has reacted to an assertion by former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, that his prosecution by the office was a “useless” venture that would amount to nothing.
In a statement shared on social media on November 4, 2025, the OSP said that contrary to the former NPA boss’s assertion, the case against him is “serious and substantial.”
“Following a video in which the former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, dismissed his ongoing criminal case as ‘useless,’ it is important to restate the facts behind his prosecution and why the State considers the case both serious and substantial.
“Dr Abdul-Hamid, the first accused, is standing trial before the Criminal High Court in Accra on several counts of serious corruption and financial crimes,” part of the post reads.
The OSP said that Mustapha Hamid is accused of causing financial loss to the state to the tune of millions of Ghana cedis, adding that his assets worth millions have been seized.
“In total, Dr Abdul-Hamid is alleged to have played a leading role in a grand extortion and laundering scheme that caused the State and petroleum sector losses exceeding GH¢291 million and over US$330,000.
“The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has already seized and frozen assets valued at more than GH¢100 million and over US$100,000, with additional assets under active tracing. These actions are based on strong documentary, banking, and transaction evidence linking the proceeds to the alleged offences,” the OSP said.
‘My matter is useless’ – Former NPA boss Mustapha Hamid on his prosecution by OSP
The OSP went on to list the charges filed against the former NPA boss and the reasons for them below:
• Conspiracy to Commit Extortion by a Public Officer – jointly with two NPA officials, accused of plotting to extort GH¢291,574,087.19 and US$332,407.47 from bulk oil transporters and oil marketing companies between December 2022 and December 2024.
• Two Counts of Extortion by a Public Officer – unlawful receipt of GH¢24 million and GH¢230,000 from oil transporters and haulage companies under the guise of official duties.
• Two Counts of Using Public Office for Profit – accused of abusing his office as NPA Chief Executive for private gain, unlawfully enriching himself with GH¢24 million and GH¢230,000.
• Money Laundering – found to be in possession of GH¢15,343,251.29, an amount disproportionate to his known legitimate income and suspected to be proceeds of crime.
What Mustapha Hamid said:
Speaking to some media persons at the High Court in Accra on November 4, 2025, Abdul-Hamid said that he was at the court to support his friend, “Chairman Wontumi,” who is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He downplayed the corruption case filed against him and nine others by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), describing it as “useless.”
“I came to support my friend Wontumi. Me, my matter is useless. There is nothing in it,” he said before proceeding to enter his vehicle.
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