Joseph Kpemka, the Former Deputy Attorney General and former Deputy Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), has broken his silence after he was invited by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for questioning.
It will be recalled that news broke of Joseph Kpemka being questioned by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over his alleged involvement in over $US$800,000 BOST ‘fraud’.
According to reports, Joseph Kpemka was invited by EOCO on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and was subsequently granted bail after questioning.
On Thursday evening, news of Joseph Kpemka’s invitation to EOCO emerged.
However, EOCO has not officially commented on the matter; sources familiar with the development have confirmed that Mr Kpemka was invited and questioned before being granted bail.
Reports suggest Joseph Kpemka is the subject of the investigation centres on a demurrage claim of over US$800,000 arising from the delayed delivery of products by a United Arab Emirates-based trading company, Poly Pro Trading DMCC.
Joseph Kpemka was appointed Deputy Managing Director of BOST by then-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in May 2024.
His invitation comes amid ongoing investigations into the conduct of some former government officials over suspected financial and other infractions.
However, speaking to media personality Blakk Rasta, Joseph Kpemka maintained that neither he nor the previous BOST management was responsible for the demurrage.
He argued that the delay was caused by the supplier and a court order that prevented BOST from receiving the products.
He stated, “Sometime in 2024, a ship or three ships delivered some products to BOST. They delivered some products to BOST, and actually what happened was that the contract was entered into before I got to BOST. It was entered into in February, and then I joined BOST in June.
So when the contract was entered into in February, it had provisions for delivery time, and it also had provisions for receipts. Now the product was delivered at a time I was not still at BOST, and there was a delay on the part of the ship owners in delivering the product.
“So when the delay was occasioned on the part of the ship owners in delivering the product, there was also another court order by a court restraining BOST from receiving the product,” he said.
He stressed that no money had actually been lost by the state.
“Mind you, no GH¢1 has been lost so far. Not GH¢1 has been lost,” he said, explaining that the alleged loss remains anticipated because BOST has not paid the demurrage.
John Kpemka further challenged investigators to produce evidence that he personally benefited from the transaction, saying he does not deserve to live should investigators find a piece of evidence against him that he stole or committed fraud.
“If anybody gets one piece of evidence against me that I stole, I committed fraud. I defrauded. I deliberately made the government lose money so that I benefit. If you get that piece of evidence against me, I don’t deserve to live,” he said.
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