It has surfaced, allegedly, that the officer at the center of the popular “Contract for Sale” scandal swept all funds sitting in his bank account to an unknown destination.
According to Manasseh Azure Awuni of the Fourth Estate News Portal, the embattled former Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Adjenim Boateng Adjei, has transferred approximately GHC 40 million from his multi-currency bank accounts, contrary to a general notion that the accounts have been frozen, pending a final determination of the case.
Mr. Awuni explains that during the tenure of the former Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, a court warrant was sought and granted, which got all the bank accounts of Mr. Adjei frozen. However, in the time interval between the exit of Mr. Amidu and the appointment of the new Special Prosecutor, Mr. A. B. Agyei sought a reprieve from the courts to unfreeze his bank accounts.
Mr. Awuni stated that it was during that time that the former PPA boss cleared his bank accounts, following the grant of his request.
The Special Prosecutor, Lawyer Kissi Agyebeng, on Wednesday issued a press release, charging Mr. Adjei “with eight (8) counts of using public office for profit and nine (9) counts of indirectly and directly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.”
Mr. Adjei’s brother-in-law, Francis Kwaku Arhin, has also been charged with one count of using public office for profit.
Mr. A. B. Adjei headed the PPA between June 2017 and August 2019.
The two will appear before the Accra High Court on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
Mr. Azure has been an integral part of the investigative process leading to the censure of the former PPA boss.
