By Issah Olegor
Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere, has clarified reports suggesting that he has refused to declare his assets as directed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
According to him, he has already complied with the directive and duly submitted his asset declaration forms to the OSP on October 23, 2025.
In a statement issued by his office, Adom-Otchere explained that his recent legal action at the High Court was not intended to block the OSP from accessing his asset information but rather to seek judicial clarification on the procedure and legality surrounding the OSP’s directive.
He stated that upon receiving the OSP’s request on August 4, 2025, he promptly filled out the necessary forms and submitted them along with a letter of protest dated October 23, 2025, outlining his concerns about certain aspects of the process.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the OSP’s asset declaration forms have been completed and submitted,” the statement emphasized.
Adom-Otchere, who is under investigation by the OSP for alleged corruption and procurement irregularities linked to a revenue assurance contract awarded to Evatex Limited during his tenure as GACL board chairman, filed an application for judicial review at the High Court in Accra.
The legal action, filed through his lawyers led by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, seeks to challenge the lawfulness and constitutionality of the OSP’s directive.
His legal team argues that the notice to declare his property and income, dated August 4, 2025, is “manifestly unlawful,” and in breach of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2374).
In the suit, Adom-Otchere is seeking several reliefs, including:
1. A declaration that the OSP’s directive to declare his property and income is unlawful and amounts to an abuse of power.
2. An order of certiorari to quash the directive as being contrary to due process.
3. A declaration that threats by OSP officials of “legal consequences,” “confiscation,” or “detention” constitute harassment and a violation of his rights.
4. An order prohibiting the OSP from detaining him should he refuse to comply with the directive in its current form.
The broadcaster and host of Good Evening Ghana stressed that his intention is to help clarify the legal boundaries of the OSP’s powers and to ensure that due process is followed.
“The purpose of the legal action is to settle the law and procedure on the matter,” he added.
The OSP, led by Kissi Agyebeng, has been investigating Adom-Otchere in connection with the award of a revenue assurance contract to Evatex Logistics Ltd, a company allegedly linked to SML Ghana, just days before the December 2024 general elections.
Earlier in August 2025, Adom-Otchere was released from OSP custody after his legal team successfully negotiated revised bail conditions acceptable to the anti-corruption office.
The OSP, at the time, confirmed that investigations were ongoing as part of its broader probe into procurement and revenue management practices within state-owned enterprises.
Despite the ongoing legal tussle, Adom-Otchere insists that he remains committed to cooperating with the OSP to ensure a transparent resolution to the matter, while also defending his constitutional and procedural rights through the courts.
