State prosecutors representing the Attorney-General have filed 49 evidential documents in the case in which the former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA) Osei Assibey Antwi, has been charged for acts including stealing.
Aside from these 49 evidential processes, the State is also expected to file more processes ahead of the Case Management Conference.
The former NSA boss, Osei Assibey Antwi, has pleaded not guilty to 21 fresh charges over the National Service Ghost Names scandal following amendments to the earlier charge sheet which slapped him with 14 counts.
The amended charges include wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic in the sum of over GH¢431.8M over NSS, following amended charges.
The 21 counts comprise six counts of causing financial loss, nine counts of stealing, money laundering, and five counts of improper payment of public funds.
In court on Monday, April 13, 2026, Principal State Attorney Dufie Prempeh indicated to the Court that the Republic has filed its first set of 49 disclosure processes and in a short time, further processes would be filed.
“The Republic has filed disclosures this morning comprising about 49 documents. We’re left with another set to file,” she said while praying for a short adjournment.
Ralph Opoku Adusei, Counsel for the accused, prayed for a month’s adjournment to be able to peruse the documents.
“We were here exactly a month and three days ago. We’ll need about a month to peruse their documents,” Counsel for the accused prayed.
The Court, presided over by Justice Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie, has since adjourned the case to May 13, 2026 for Case Management Conference.
Meanwhile, the Court has granted a request from lawyers of the accused to be permitted to report to the NIB office in Kumasi after the prosecution did not oppose the defence lawyers.
Source: www.kumasimail.com
