Kpemka sues BOST over alleged unlawful termination, unpaid benefits
Former Deputy Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, has filed a lawsuit against the company, seeking compensation for what he describes as the unlawful termination of his appointment.
His lawyer, Patrick Fafali Azameti, said BOST failed to formally terminate his client’s appointment after the change of government in 2025, despite repeated efforts by Mr Kpemka to clarify his employment status and recover outstanding salaries and benefits.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi FM with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Wednesday, October 14, Mr Azameti said some individuals entered his client’s office following the change of government and instructed him to leave and hand over to the company’s officers or directors.
He said Mr Kpemka was left with no choice but to seek legal redress after repeated demands for his outstanding entitlements yielded no results.
“After several demands on BOST to pay him his entitled benefits failed, he was left with no option but to take the matter to court for the appropriate remedy,” he said.
According to the lawyer, BOST has never formally communicated any decision to terminate Mr Kpemka’s appointment, despite several engagements with the company.
“The interesting part of it is that there was no official or formal communication of termination,” he said.
Mr Azameti explained that his client’s employment agreement outlined specific conditions of service, including the procedures BOST was required to follow in terminating his appointment.
He said the agreement entitled Mr Kpemka to several benefits and remunerations and clearly specified how his employment could be terminated.
According to him, BOST was required either to give his client formal notice of termination or pay him a salary in lieu of notice. However, neither procedure was followed.
Mr Azameti further maintained that his client was owed salaries and other benefits under the terms of his employment agreement.
He said Mr Kpemka initially approached BOST officials and directors several times to establish his employment status and was repeatedly assured that efforts were being made to resolve the matter.
However, after concluding that the company was unwilling to retain or re-engage him, Mr Kpemka decided to pursue the matter through the courts.
The lawyer said demand letters were subsequently sent to BOST, which responded that it was working to address the issue.
He also claimed that the Attorney-General’s Office had issued opinions advising BOST to pay his client’s outstanding entitlements, but the recommendations had not been implemented.
Mr Azameti emphasised that the lawsuit was directed at BOST as a corporate entity, arguing that the company remained legally separate from the state despite government being its sole shareholder.
“We sued BOST as an entity, as a corporate entity. BOST is an entity incorporated, although the state is a sole shareholder. It’s a separate entity,” he said.
Mr Kpemka, a former Deputy Attorney-General, was appointed Deputy Managing Director of BOST towards the end of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration.
On September 10, 2026, he was questioned by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over transactions at BOST and was subsequently granted bail.
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