{"id":93848,"date":"2025-09-12T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93848"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:50:27","slug":"accused-in-npa-corruption-case-sues-state-agencies-over-alleged-breach-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93848","title":{"rendered":"Accused in NPA corruption case sues state agencies over alleged breach of human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 30 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Jacob Kwamina Amuah, the second accused in the alleged GH\u00a21.3 billion Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF) corruption case being prosecuted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP),<strong> <\/strong>has filed a suit at the 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