The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has asked the Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers(COPEC), Duncan Amoah to be ready to furnish his office with better and further particulars in support of his allegations against the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company Limited,(BOST).
In a correspondence to COPEC Boss, Amoah and signed by Mr Amidu, said: “Kindly hold yourself in readiness to provide any further and better particulars of your complaint should it be required. I am, also, by a copy of this letter, informing the management about the pendency of your petition.”
The letter read in part: “I have carefully read your petition and directed that it be brought up to the appropriate division for further action as soon as it is established. I am currently trying to see to the composition of the core basic organs of the institution as provided by the law that will render it functional for the purpose for which it was established. That will hopefully be completed soonest to enable complaints like yours to receive the appropriate, prompt consideration.”
Mr. Duncan Amoah in March this year, wrote to the Special Prosecutor praying he investigates the sale of some 1.8 million barrels of crude by BOST in September last year.
According to him, the state lost about GHS 23 million in revenue when the crude oil was sold at a discount to an unlicensed company.
“Following from extensive checks, consultations and further independent investigations on the infamous sale of about 1.8million barrels of crude by the current Managing Director, the Chamber is calling for an immediate forensic investigation by the appropriate state agencies to immediately arrest and rectify a whopping loss of over GHS23million from this single transaction. The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) in the month of September 2017 undertook to sell off almost two parcels of crude estimated to be around 1.8milllion barrels at a discount of $2/ barrel,” COPEC said in its petition.