A High Court in Tamale has convicted four people, including three former officials of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), of seven corruption and corruption-related offences linked to procurement contracts under the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).
The convictions were secured on Friday, October 23, 2026, against former NDA Chief Executive Sumaila Abdul-Rahman, former Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen, former Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and Administration Patrick Seidu, and Andrew Kuundaari, chief executive of private firm A&QS Consortium Limited.
According to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), the four were convicted on seven of 11 counts involving conspiracy to influence procurement processes for unfair advantage, the direct or indirect influencing of procurement processes, corruption by a public officer and corruption of a public officer.
The prosecution was initiated and conducted by the OSP following a complaint filed by legal practitioner Martin Kpebu.
Despite the convictions, the court did not impose custodial sentences. Instead, it fined each convict 1,000 penalty units for each count on which they were convicted.
The court reportedly considered the advanced age of the convicts and the OSP’s swift intervention to prevent unlawful payments under the contracts, meaning no financial loss was caused to the state.
The OSP said the outcome reaffirmed its commitment to protecting public funds and holding public officials and their private-sector collaborators accountable for corruption.