The saga between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and revenue assurance firm Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has taken another turn, with SML filing a formal petition to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
The petition, dated November 12, 2025, calls for an investigation into the OSP and its Lead Investigator, Mr. Albert Akurugu, for alleged “administrative injustice, abuse of power, violation of fair administrative process, and breaches of the Petitioner’s constitutional rights”.
SML, the petitioner, alleges that the OSP’s investigation was fundamentally compromised by personal animus and a “conflict of interest”.
The firm is seeking a comprehensive review under Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution to expose what it describes as a “preconceived plan to inflict operational harm”.
The central pillar of SML’s complaint is the alleged bias of the lead investigator, whom SML claims has “close ties with West Blue” —the company whose system SML was engaged to audit following “systemic failures” in 2017.
The petition details explicit threats made by Mr. Akurugu during interrogation.
“Mr. Isaac Crentsil, former Commissioner of Customs, stated at the interrogation that Mr. Albert Akurugu accused him of ‘allowing SML to take the job of West Blue,’ and declared his intent to ensure that neither Mr. Evans Adusei (Petitioner’s CEO) nor SML ‘ever works again.’”
This animosity, SML argues, was publicly displayed during the interrogation of its CEO, Mr. Evans Adusei, where Mr. Akurugu allegedly declared that because SML had “ended the job of West Blue,” he would personally ensure that Mr. Adusei “never works again”.
Furthermore, the investigator allegedly declared, “The petitioner’s servers would not work again”.
SML claims these statements were captured on the OSP’s own video recording system.
The petition details the OSP’s raid on SML’s Osu and Tema offices on June 10, 2025 , alleging severe misconduct and violation of digital forensic standards.
SML claims the OSP agents:
- Destroyed and seized critical technical infrastructure, including servers, firmware, firewalls, and SCADA components.
- Deliberately dismantled the CCTV infrastructure at the premises prior to the search, which SML calls a “willful attempt to obstruct potential evidentiary material”.
- Violated nationally and internationally recognized standards/statutes on chain-of-custody and forensic imaging.
SML maintains that the OSP’s subsequent report, which it calls “demonstrably inaccurate and damaging”, deliberately suppressed evidence of SML’s positive impact. SML highlights that within its first two months of assignment following the failures of the previous system, it identified deficiencies and achieved fiscal recoveries exceeding USD 1.35 million.
The report, SML alleges, “repeatedly praised the West Blue system” while suppressing evidence of West Blue’s systemic failures, instead adopting an “inexplicably favourable narrative” of West Blue and discrediting SML’s contributions.
In its request for relief, SML is asking CHRAJ to take several specific actions:
- Find that the OSP’s investigation was tainted by bias, personal animus, and retaliatory motives.
- Investigate the conduct of Mr. Albert Akurugu for abuse of power and compromising the integrity of the process.
- Expand its inquiry to include the possible “involvement, oversight failures, or complicity of the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng,” in the alleged misconduct.
- Order the OSP to produce the video recordings of interrogation sessions where the threats were made, for independent review.