High Court adjourns GH¢431.8m NSA fraud case involving Osei Assibey Antwi
Osei Assibey Antwi's criminal trial was adjourned to Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at the Accra High Court. The adjournment was granted after the prosecution requested additional time to file the remaining set of disclosures in the ghost names scandal case. Osei Assibey Antwi faces 21 counts, including causing financial loss to the state to the tune of over GH¢431.8 million.
During proceedings on Monday, April 13, 2026, Dufie Prempeh, representing the Republic, informed the court that the state had filed disclosures comprising about 49 documents with attachments that morning, but another set still needed to be completed. She "prayed for a short adjournment of one or two weeks to finalise the process." Defence counsel Ralph Poku-Adusei opposed the short timeline and requested "a similar period of one month for the defence to adequately study them." Justice Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie settled on three weeks, urging the state to serve the defence "timeously."
The court granted a request to vary Osei Assibey Antwi's bail conditions, ordering that he now reports to the Kumasi BNI instead of the Accra BNI. Osei Assibey Antwi, who led the NSA from September 2021 to January 2025, has pleaded not guilty to all 21 charges. He remains on bail under existing conditions, which include reporting to the BNI twice monthly (on the first and third Wednesdays), surrender of his passports, and placement on the watch list. The case has seen amendments to the charge sheet and reductions in the bail sum from an initial GH¢800 million to GH¢120 million with two sureties.
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The High Court is hearing a case involving Osei Assibey Antwi, former NSA Executive Director, concerning alleged financial irregularities. The prosecution is seeking more time to file disclosures - what could this mean for the case?
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