Djibril Kanazoe has since he became a personal friend to the President, secured two contracts from the Republic of Ghana. The first contract was secured and executed in the year 2011 at the cost of US$656,246.48 being Ghana Embassy Fence Wall in Quagadougou, Burkina Faso. The second was the 46.4 - kilometre Dodo Pepeso - Kwanta road which road the President commissioned on April 19, 2016. Djibril Kanazoe with his company Oumarou Kanazoe Construction Limited is in a process of being awarded the 28 - kilometre road project via sole sourcing by the Ministry of Road and Highways in Hamile area worth GHC82,000.000.00. On October 29, 2012, the Head of Chancery of Ghana Embassy in Quagadougou, Burkina Faso wrote a letter captioned "Laisez - Passer" to the Divisional Commander, Ghana Revenue Authority, Paga Boarder, informing the Commander of his direction that Ghana Mission in Ouagadougou was assisting the transportation of a gift donated to H.E. John Dramini Mahama, the President of the Republic of Ghana offered to him by his friend Mr. Djibril Kanazoe of which gift was a Ford Expedition with Engine No. E173A1905101 and Chassis No. 1FMJUIJ58AEB60748. The letter supra concluded by stating that it was requested that the competent Ghanaian Boarder Authorities at the Paga Boarder would assist with the passage of the said vehicle and those transporting it without any let or hindrance. This vehicle which is said to be a brand new vehicle at the time it entered Ghana was cleared at Tema Port of the Republic of Ghana as a
August 9, 2012 addressed to the Controller and Accountant-General, the Minister of Finance authorized the release of funds for the construction of the Fence Wall. He stated that from his understanding, JOY NEWS, as part of its investigations, had requested for information from AESL regarding the award to Kanazoe Freres of the contract to construct the Wall, to which AESL obliged. The Respondent attached copy of the AESL’s response to JOY NEWS, dated the 8th June 2016 with reference AESL/HQ02/36V.11/228, explaining AESL’s involvement in the Wall contract. The Respondent stated that from the available records, AESL was the independent entity contracted by the Ministry to provide, among others, pre and post contract consultancy services in terms of architecture, structure and land surveying in relation to the construction of the Wall. That from the documentation, it can be seen that the scope of works included, not only the construction of a 673.0 meter-long reinforced fence wall in sandwiched design, but also two septic tanks, security gate houses, complete with visitors waiting area. With regards to the procurement processes that ensued prior to the award of the contract for the Wall, the Respondent stated “since at the time, he was not involved in, or aware of, all the matters described above, he cannot say anything about the procurement processes that went into the award of the contract beyond the documents that have come to his attention”. The Respondent further stated that the documentation available to him show that designated State Officials independently took and executed decisions in the normal course of their work, and in accordance with the