A High Court in Tamale has convicted three former executives of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) and a private businessman on seven counts of corruption and related offences linked to procurement contracts under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in a statement issued on Friday, October 23, 2026, named the convicts as former NDA Chief Executive Sumaila Abdul-Rahman, former Deputy Chief Executive for Operations Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen, former Deputy Chief Executive for Finance and Administration Patrick Seidu, and Andrew Kuundaari, Chief Executive of A&QS Consortium Limited.

The charges included conspiracy to influence the procurement process to gain an unfair advantage in the award of a contract, improperly influencing the procurement process, corruption by a public officer and corruption of a public officer.

The contracts were awarded under the government’s IPEP initiative.

The OSP said the prosecution stemmed from investigations initiated following a complaint by legal practitioner Martin Kpebu.

Despite the convictions, the court declined to impose prison sentences, citing the convicts’ advanced ages and the OSP’s timely intervention to prevent unlawful payments under the contracts.

The court observed that the intervention had prevented financial loss to the state and consequently imposed a fine of 1,000 penalty units for each count.

The OSP reiterated its commitment to protecting public funds and ensuring that public officials and private-sector collaborators are held accountable for corruption and related offences.