Mustapha Hamid in deep trouble

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed charges against former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, alongside nine other individuals and three corporate entities, in connection with an alleged sprawling corruption scheme totaling over GH₵280 million.

The charges, including multiple counts of extortion and money laundering, have been filed before the High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra.

The accused persons are:

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Former Chief Executive Officer of the NPA
Jacob Kwamina Amuah – Coordinator of the Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF) at NPA and Managing Director of three corporate entities (Propnest, Kel Logistics, and Kings Energy)
Wendy Newman – NPA staff
Albert Ankrah – Director, Kel Logistics Limited
Isaac Mensah – Director, Kel Logistics Limited
Bright Bediako-Mensah – Director, Kel Logistics and Kings Energy Limited
Kwaku Abagye Acquah – Director, Kings Energy Limited
Propnest Limited
Kel Logistics Limited
Kings Energy Limited

The charges stem from investigations initiated by the OSP in late 2024 into alleged unlawful conduct, including the diversion of public funds and collusion with oil marketing and bulk distribution companies.

According to the OSP’s statement dated July 17, 2025, between December 2022 and December 2024, the first three accused persons—Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Jacob Kwamina Amuah, and Wendy Newman—allegedly orchestrated and operated a criminal extortion scheme.

Through this scheme, they unlawfully collected GH₵280,516,127.19 from petroleum transporters and oil marketing companies.

The OSP alleges that the scheme, initiated by Abdul-Hamid and implemented by Amuah and Newman, lacked any lawful mandate and exploited their positions within the NPA.