The Criminal Division of the High Court has adjourned the plea-taking process in the case involving former National Petroleum Authority (NPA) boss Mustapha Hamid and nine others to December 9, 2025.
The accused parties are facing charges of extortion and money laundering.
The adjournment follows an administrative reassignment of the case from Criminal Court 3 to Criminal Court 4 after prosecutors filed additional charges, increasing the counts from 25 to 54.
As a result, the hearing could not proceed as planned because the new court has rescheduled the matter to its next available date, December 9.
Mustapha Hamid was unable to move his application for the release of his passport due to the change in court.
He is expected to make the application on the next adjourned date. His motion relates to travel plans to Canada between November 17 and 23, 2025, to attend a purported political event.
The OSP had confirmed that it had frozen assets exceeding GH₵100 million and US$100,000, including real estate holdings, fuel stations, and logistics vehicles, in connection with the ongoing prosecution of former NPA CEO Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid and nine others.
Additional assets remain under active tracing as part of continuing investigations into the alleged grand extortion and money laundering scheme.
The OSP explained that these actions are consistent with its mandate under Act 959 to preserve suspected proceeds of crime pending final determination of the case by the court.
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— Office of the Special Prosecutor-Ghana (@ospghana) November 13, 2025
The Criminal Division of the High Court has adjourned to 9 December 2025 the taking of plea in the case involving Mustapha Hamid and nine (9) others, who are facing charges of extortion and money laundering.
The adjournment follows an administrative reassignment of…