Legal counsel for former Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) Board Chairman, Paul Adom-Otchere, has raised serious concerns about the conduct of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in the ongoing investigation into a revenue assurance contract.

Nicholas Lenin Anane Agyei, representing Mr. Adom-Otchere, accused the OSP of lacking clarity about the exact nature of the allegations, casting doubt on the legal basis of the case.

Mr. Adom-Otchere remains in custody despite being granted bail, having failed to meet the conditions, which include producing two landed properties registered in his name.

He is being held alongside two others: Otchere Kwame Baffour Awuah, Group Executive for Commercial Services at GACL, and Albert Adjetey Adjei-Laryea, CEO of Devnest Systems.

The case relates to an alleged sole-sourced revenue assurance contract between GACL and a private company reportedly linked to the owner of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML). The OSP is investigating potential procurement breaches, including whether the contract was awarded without proper Board approval.

Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Thursday, July 31, Mr. Agyei questioned the coherence of the OSP’s actions.

“The OSP purposed to have charged our client and yet again they say that they are investigating possible procurement breaches. The suggestion being that they themselves are inconclusive regarding the findings that they have or what charges they are proceeding.”

He also disputed the assertion that the contract was issued to an entity other than the one approved by the GACL Board.

“They claim the contract was awarded to a body other than what the board approved,” Mr. Agyei said.

Turning to the bail issue, Mr. Agyei described the terms as punitive and unjust, especially given his client’s inability to meet them.

“What is even more strange,” he added, “is that the Managing Director who signed those contracts is walking free, while the board, which provides policy direction and approval, is being treated harshly.”

He further described the conditions as “outrageous and unconscionable,” emphasizing that Mr. Adom-Otchere had already informed the OSP that he does not own landed property in Ghana.