The Accra High Court has denied a request to release the passport of former Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Authority(PPA) Agyenim Boateng Adjei to enable him to travel out of the country.
Agyenim Boateng is being prosecuted by the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) for suspected corruption after an investigative documentary that implicated him in a conflict of interest situation over the award of government contracts.
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“The High Court in Accra has denied the application by former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei, for the release of his passport to facilitate travel outside the country,” the OSP said in an update, indicating their lawyers opposed the request citing the example of Sedinam Tamakloe, the former MASLOC boss who failed to return to country after her passport was released on medical grounds.
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“In her ruling, the judge declared that the application for the release of the passport lacked sufficient merit. She noted that the stated purpose for travel, which was to accompany the child to the United States of America (USA), could be fulfilled by another adult family member, given that the child is an American citizen.”
