A photo collage of Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid (left) and Martin Kpebu (right)
Renowned private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has taken a swipe at former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, who has been charged together with eight others for their alleged involvement in a GH¢280 million extortion and money laundering scheme.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on July 19, 2025, Kpebu expressed shock over the fact that Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid could be implicated in such a matter.
He asserted that the former NPA boss should be the last person to be caught in such a corruption scandal because of his pronouncements before his government came to power.
“By all means, the OSP will have something up his sleeves that we don’t know about. Because we all know that it’s not a child’s play to lay criminal charges on someone. So, if they didn’t have the evidence, they wouldn’t do that. If you read the facts, you see that they say that about GH¢24 million went through Mustapha Hamid directly. This means that they would be bringing the very persons who put that money in his hands. Because you would have no basis for saying he received GH¢24 million directly if you cannot adduce that evidence.
“The total figure is GH¢280 million. They are saying that out of that figure, Mustapha Hamid – Walahi, Walahi, Walahi – received 24 million directly in his hands. And so that means that they would be bringing the witnesses,” he said.
“When we started hearing this through the grapevine, I was like, ‘Walahi, Walahi, Walahi’ man… About eight years ago, he said the NDC had run the country down, we need to rescue this country and shed tears. He should have known that he should be the last person to be caught like that – in a very cheap manner,” he added.
The lawyer clarified that even though the former NPA boss is innocent until proven guilty by the court, the evidence shows that he took monies that were not entitled to him.
Watch a video of Kpebu’s remarks below:
Lawyer Martin Kpebu, thanks Ghanaians for voting for change—as the change has exposed a lot of corruption/rot. pic.twitter.com/qGqsqiuDkg
— Efo Dela (@victusdela) July 19, 2025
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