“I gave OSP a ‘cool chop’ by petitioning him to probe Bawumia’s 300 Navara pick-up; but he does not care” – Solomon Owusu

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Solomon Owusu, Director of Communications, United Party, has disclosed he gave the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) a cool chop by petitioning him to investigate Dr Bawumia for asserting he purchased more than 300 Navara pick-up trucks for his party.

According to Solomon Owusu, the OSP has not even shown him and his colleagues the simple courtesy of acknowledging receipt of the petition.

He highlighted that their petition sought to deal with vote-buying issues in Ghana’s political landscape.

Speaking on TV3 New Day, Solomon Owusu stated, “You remember on the 15th of September 2025, I, together with Appiah Dankwah and Ebo Buckman, we petitioned the OSP to investigate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on the same corruption issues, we knew what we were doing.

When you initiate something, people thing is because you hate a personality. I can never hate Dr Bawumia, as a human being, why will I hate him? What we were trying to do was to resolve some of these things.

Bawumia made a statement that he single-handedly donated 300 brand new Navara pick-up trucks, but when you put pen to paper and calculate what is involved and if Dr Bawumia, throughout his tenure as vice president, decided not to touch a cent of his salary, he cannot buy 15 of those vehicles.

But he told us that he was able to buy 300, brand new Navara pick-up what we wanted to achieve is to cause the OSP to investigate to serve as a deterrent.  

I go and submit this petition, common courtesy from OSP to even acknowledge, he does not care about it, so when I heard him say he was going to investigate Baba Jamal, I laughed. I gave you a ‘cool chop’, this one was coming from the horse’s own mouth”.  

It will be recalled that last year, the United Party petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to investigate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s source of funding for 300 brand new pickups he claims to have bought for the NPP

Solomon Owusu had earlier revealed he will petition the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to probe the former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, over his 300 brand new pickups he claims to have bought for the NPP.

Speaking in an interview on TV3 New Day’s The Big Issue, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, Solomon Owusu stated that his petition is to ensure accountability and deepen the country’s democracy.

Solomon Owusu stated, “To help deepen our democracy, when I leave this place by 10:30 am, I am submitting a petition to the Office of the Special Prosecutor to help us in this regard. That we are going to find out who and who helped him to donate the 300-plus Navara pick-ups”.

“This morning together with Ebo Buckman and Lawyer Appiah Danquah, we are going to test the laws of the land to make sure that the former Vice President comes out to explain to the people of this country how and where he got these 300 Navara pick-ups that are brand new in nature and as to whether or not these were not aided by foreigners who are not supposed to take part in our body politics in terms of funding.”

Mr Owusu added, “Was it the case that this money came from his pocket? Was it the case that he was helped by friends or his network, as we have been told?

“We have to let the system work. People get away with a lot of things because we have the laws and institutions, and in this country, we are quick to identify the problem, but nobody wants to deal with the problem,” he added.

Dr Bawumia, some months ago, during his campaign runs, revealed he had contributed to the party but did not come out to declare them publicly.

According to Dr Bawumia, in the 2024 elections, he raised an unprecedented amount of money for the NPP in history.

Dr Bawumia further revealed he donated over 300 pick-ups, which are now being used by the NPP in constituencies.

Speaking during a gathering in the Adansi Asokwa constituency on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I have also helped the party, but I do not come out publicly to state them. In the 2024 election, the amount of money I raised for the NPP was unprecedented in the history of the party.

It has never happened before, the pickups that I donated to constituencies over various regions, over 300 pick-ups that are now even being used in the constituencies”.

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