{"id":105617,"date":"2025-12-06T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105617"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:05:44","slug":"its-difficult-to-believe-everything-the-osp-says-manasseh-awuni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105617","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s difficult to believe everything the OSP says \u2013 Manasseh Awuni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has expressed serious doubts about the credibility of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), citing inconsistencies in the institution\u2019s public statements and timelines.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile on Saturday, December 6, during discussions on calls to scrap the OSP, Mr Awuni said his personal interactions and findings raised concerns about the reliability of the office\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is difficult to believe this office\u2026 it is difficult at this moment to just believe everything that they say,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Awuni explained that his scepticism stemmed from conflicting information provided by the OSP, particularly regarding its probe into Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML). He recalled that officials from the OSP contacted him earlier this year about his petition.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficials of that office reached out to me on the 29th of January 2025 and the call was the fact that: you petition our office to begin investigating SML, we are about to start the investigation and we think it is proper that we understand the petition.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the officials requested further information and held a meeting on 31 January, followed by an email on 6 February asking him to provide additional documents \u201cfor the preparatory process for the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Awuni added that the nature of the OSP\u2019s requests convinced him that no serious work had yet begun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw the nature of the evidence\u2026 none of the people who were major targets in the investigation was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he had also seen an internal OSP \u201cdiary of action,\u201d which indicated that the office had documented the case earlier than it publicly claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first entry on that diary of action\u2026 was entered on the 29th of January 2025 at 12:40 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n

Awuni argued that the OSP should have identified all key persons of interest at the preliminary stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis diary from the OSP shows that the persons of interest are identified at the preliminary stages of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the office\u2019s failure to include some individuals mentioned in his documentary suggested that it had not carried out necessary preliminary checks.<\/p>\n

Mr Awuni also challenged the OSP\u2019s claim that it had saved the state US$2.7 billion in the SML matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last time Sammy Darko spoke on your show, he said the office had saved $2.7 billion that would have been paid to SML. $2.7 billion translates into GH\u20b530 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that the contract sum he uncovered did not support that figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to the Special Prosecutor himself, Kissi Agyaben\u2026 and I told him that the entire contract sum for the SML, the five-year contract, was $500 million, a little over $500 million. So where did you get this $2.7 billion from?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Awuni said the PPA letter he obtained did not contain such an amount.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my investigation, I had a PPA letter, and the letter did not in any place state the $2.7 billion that Kissi Agyaben claimed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the OSP later adjusted its figures to match the amount he had published.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go to the OSP\u2019s website now, they have come back to the same figure, the $500 million that I mentioned earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Awuni concluded that these discrepancies justified growing public doubts about the office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf an office of this nature is coming up with information, it is difficult at this moment to just believe everything that they say.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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