Osei Assibey Antwi
The Office of the Attorney General (AG) is set to amend the charges levelled against the erstwhile former Executive Director of National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, who is accused of causing financial loss of GH¢650 million to the state.
This comes at the back of the Auditor General completing the performance audit of the NSA and submitting the report to the Attorney General.
A High Court in Accra had ordered the Office of the Attorney General to file disclosures and witness statements of the witnesses it intends to rely on for the trial of the former Mayor of Kumasi.
But the prosecution informed the court on Tuesday that the Attorney General had been given the Auditor General’s report on February 16, 2026, and a cursory look at it requires the Attorney General to amend the charges against Mr. Osei Assibey.
The prosecution, therefore, prayed the court for a short adjournment to enable them amend the charges and file same.
The court, presided over by Justice Kizita Quarshie, adjourned the case to February 25, 2026, for the plea of the accused to be taken in respect of the amended charges.
Trial
Mr. Osei Assibey has been dragged before the court on allegations of authorising payments of allowances to over 60,000 non-existent national service personnel between August 2021 and February 2025, causing the state financial loss of GH¢650 million.
He has been charged with a total of 14 counts of stealing, causing financial loss to the state and money laundering.
Mr. Osei Assibey has been accused of causing financial loss of GH¢8,256,000 to the state by authorising transfers from the NSA’s Control Account to e-zwich card number 1177042059, which is registered in his name.
He is again accused of laundering the GH¢8,256,000 by diverting it into his e-zwich account, knowing the money formed part of unlawful activity.
The former Mayor of Kumasi is also facing charges of causing financial loss of GH¢55 million belonging to the NSA by authorising the withdrawal of the said amount from Project Account number 1018631542212 for the Kumawu Farm Project “without expending it on the project.”
On October 30, 2025, a High Court presided over by Justice Quarshie granted Mr. Assibey a bail of GH¢800 million with six sureties who are to present security with landed property equivalent to the bail sum.
The sureties are to deposit copies of their ID cards with the registry of the court, while the accused is to deposit his passports with the registrar.
Struggling to meet the bail condition more than one month after it was granted, he filed a motion for variation of bail as his sureties were struggling to meet the conditions.
On November 12, 2025, Justice Marie-Louise Simmons, a relieving judge, partially granted the application and reduced the bail sum from GH¢800 million to GH¢623 million, but maintained all the other terms.
Unable to meet the conditions, his lawyers filed a second motion for variation of bail, stating that the bail sum which is equivalent to about $60 million, was akin to denial of bail.
Justice Quarshie, after listening to the lawyers, reviewed the bail sum from GH¢623 million with six sureties to GH¢120 million with two sureties.
The court, however, maintained all the other conditions and adjourned the trial to December 19, 2025, for case management.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak