{"id":378936,"date":"2025-07-20T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/07\/20\/mustapha-hamid-and-others-allegedly-spent-extorted-millions-on-property-and-luxury-cars-kwaku-azar\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:05:52","slug":"mustapha-hamid-and-others-allegedly-spent-extorted-millions-on-property-and-luxury-cars-kwaku-azar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/07\/20\/mustapha-hamid-and-others-allegedly-spent-extorted-millions-on-property-and-luxury-cars-kwaku-azar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustapha Hamid and others allegedly spent extorted millions on Property and luxury cars\u2014Kwaku Azar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Legal practitioner Kwaku Azar has provided a breakdown of the Office of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s charges against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and some persons.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, between 2022 and 2024, top officials at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) allegedly illegally collected over \u20b5280 million from Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and fuel transporters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal practitioner Kwaku Azar has provided a breakdown of the Office of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s charges against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and some persons. 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