OSP names 5 in AKSA bribery case

The SP has, therefore, set in motion an investigation into the Ghana dimension of the $1 million bribery case linked to former Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and Goldman Sachs employee, Kwaku Asante Berko, who was convicted in the United States this month for bribery.

Further defending the OSP's record, Mr Agyebeng said as of December 31, last year, the office was prosecuting 33 persons, had 79 cases at full investigation and 161 at preliminary investigation, and had secured seven convictions through court-sanctioned plea agreements.

They are former Minister of Power Dr Kwabena Donkor, Ghanaian energy expert and former Technical Advisor to the Minister of Power, Francis Woolley-Kwesi Dzata; former Deputy Director at the ministry, Solomon Asiedu-Asare; a Director at Tricorp Group Limited, an energy solutions and multifaceted engineering services company, Lyndon George Nii Saul Mettle, and Baffuor Ankoma Brobbey, an employee of the same company.