By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi
Accra, Aug. 27, GNA – The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says its investigation into the Ghanaian dimension of the Aksa Enerji bribery case remains ongoing.
Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor and four others have been identified as the main persons of interest, with other current and former officials also under investigation.
Mr Kissi Agyebeng, Special Prosecutor, said at a press conference that the OSP’s investigation did not end after it assisted United States authorities in the successful prosecution of Asante Kwaku Berko.
He said the Office had been “actively and carefully” investigating the Ghanaian dimension of the case and that its public silence should not be construed as inaction.
The other main persons of interest are Francis Walkson Kwesi Dzata, former Technical Advisor to the Minister of Power; Solomon Adjetey Sowah, former Deputy Director at the Ministry of Power; Lyndon George Nii Saul Mettle, former Director at Tricorp Group Limited; and Baffour Ankoma Brobbey, a former Tricorp employee.
Mr Agyebeng said other persons of interest included some present and former employees of the Volta River Authority, Ghana Grid Company Limited, Electricity Company of Ghana, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission and the former Ministry of Power.
He cautioned that Berko’s conviction in the United States did not automatically establish criminal liability under Ghanaian law or provide a basis for prosecuting persons linked to the case.
Mr Agyebeng said the conduct of each person would be assessed under Ghanaian law, using lawfully obtained evidence capable of supporting prosecution in Ghana.
“The OSP will not prosecute a person solely on the basis that a person’s name appears in proceedings conducted in another country,” he said.
Mr Agyebeng said the OSP would not hesitate to prosecute any person where the evidence established a proper basis for doing so and explained that a “person of interest” was not necessarily a suspect, stressing that the two were distinct investigative classifications.
He urged the public and the media to exercise circumspection, saying identification as a person of interest did not constitute criminal culpability or conviction until guilt was proved beyond reasonable doubt by a competent court.
Mr Agyebeng said a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted Berko on August 6, 2026, for conspiring to pay and paying more than $1 million in bribes to Ghanaian officials between 2014 and 2015.
He said the payments were connected to a 370-megawatt fuel oil plant in Tema under an agreement involving Ghana and Turkish energy company Aksa Enerji.
The Special Prosecutor said the OSP had provided significant investigative and evidentiary assistance to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Ghana’s mutual legal assistance framework.
He said the United States Department of Justice had acknowledged the OSP’s assistance as contributing to Berko’s successful prosecution.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Sackey
Reporter: Patrick Ofoe Nudzi 
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