The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is on the heels of Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, the immediate-past Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, over some alleged payments and withdrawals from the government\u2019s account.<\/p>\n
The account in question is the Chief of Staff\u2019s \u2018Sundry Account\u2019 which the BOST boss regularly lodged money into and reportedly cashed by the Office of the Chief of Staff under President John Mahama.<\/p>\n
Even though the amount involved has not yet been disclosed by EOCO, Daily Guide learnt that it runs into several millions of Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n
The \u2018invitation\u2019 extended to Mr Awuah Darko, who is current cooling off in the United States \u2013 where he has been for some months following the National Democratic Congress (NDC) humiliating defeat in last December\u2019s general election \u2013 was issued on Tuesday when his name reportedly popped up concerning the withdrawals.<\/p>\n
Contaminated Fuel Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n The BOST has been in the news lately following the release of large quantities of contaminated fuel (dirty oil) to private companies for distribution by the current Managing Director, Alfred Obeng Boateng.<\/p>\n The BOST action sparked heated political debate when the minority NDC called for Mr. Obeng Boateng\u2019s suspension, but the majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) hit back, exposing the BOST under Mahama\u2019s NDC of being behind the contamination of fuel in the country when it was in power.<\/p>\n The majority revealed that there was evidence to show that about 12 million litres of the same contaminated fuel were sold to about 36 unlicensed entities and individuals in 2016 during the tenure of Mr. Awuah-Darko under the Mahama administration.<\/p>\n Huge Transfers<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the majority, there is evidence to show how the Awuah-Darko-led management transferred over GH\u00a240 million to the presidency under John Mahama in a very bizarre manner.<\/p>\n It is unclear into which accounts the huge payments were made, but DAILY GUIDE understands about GH\u00a240,500,000 was allegedly transferred secretly from BOST account between August 2015 and early January this year.<\/p>\n The NPP claimed the Awuah-Darko administration led a corrupt administration, siphoning money to the Flagstaff House \u2013 the seat of government \u2013 for unexplained purposes.<\/p>\n Flagstaff House<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPP said at a press conference that there were massive rotten deals under the former BOST MP, with the Office of then President John Mahama and his Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, allegedly siphoning huge amounts of money between GH\u00a22.5 million and GH\u00a23.5 million at the end of every two weeks from 2015 under the guise of security transfers, amounting to about GH\u00a240.5 million.<\/p>\n According to documents from the majority, the particulars for the transactions indicated \u201ctransfer of funds accrued from security fees.\u201d<\/p>\n Dubious Transfers<\/strong><\/p>\n Starting from August 28, 2015, BOST transferred GH\u00a23.5 million; released GH\u00a23 million on October 2, the same year and another GH\u00a23 million on November 12, 2015 while on December 23 the same year, GH\u00a220 million was transferred.<\/p>\n On February 05, March 15, April 15 and May 13 \u2013 all in 2016 \u2013 GH\u00a22.5 million on each occasion was transferred by BOST while on June 09, July 15 and August 24 in the same year, GH\u00a23 million each was transferred from BOST.<\/p>\n Later in September 29 and November 17, in 2016, GH\u00a23.5 million each was transferred by BOST while on January 03, 2017 \u2013 when it was left with just three days for the Mahama-led government to leave office \u2013 BOST transferred GH\u00a23 million.<\/p>\n Unlicensed Entities<\/strong><\/p>\n BOST, during the tenure of Mr. Awuah-Darko, sold contaminated fuel to about 36 unlicensed entities and individuals and records showed that between March 05, 2015 and August 04, 2015, the previous BOST management sold 8,190,000 litres of contaminated fuel to 24 companies that were all unlicensed, as well as another 12,400.000 litres sold to other 25 unlicensed companies between January 16, 2016 and November 30, 2016.<\/p>\n DAILY GUIDE has learnt that the price per litre sold by BOST under the then NDC government was lower than what was sold to the private entities under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.<\/p>\n BNI Action<\/strong><\/p>\n The Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has already cleared Alfred Obeng Boateng, BOST Managing Director, of any wrongdoing in the recent sale of some 5 million litres of contaminated fuel.<\/p>\n The minister said BOST never erred in transacting that business with energy firm, Movenpiina.<\/p>\n According to Mr Agyarko, investigations so far conducted by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), the National Security and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on the contaminated products had established that the fuel had not spilled onto the retail market for sale to vehicle owners.<\/p>\n Mr Agyarko told the media on Tuesday that \u201con the basis of previous practice, there was no wrongdoing at BOST on the sale of the 5 million liters of contaminated products.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Daily Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is on the heels of Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, the immediate-past Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, over some alleged payments and withdrawals from the government\u2019s account. 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