Deputy Legal professional Normal Justice Sreem Sai mentioned nobody denied the previous chief govt of the Nationwide Meals Buffer Inventory Firm (NAFCO) to fulfill his lawyer after he was rearrested.
Former NAFCO boss Hannan Abdulwahab Al-Diba has been re-arrested after the Accra Excessive Courtroom launched him and his spouse.
The courtroom dismissed Al-Dibah and his spouse Faiza Seidu Ouni after the deputy legal professional common utilized for dismissal.
Dr Sreem Say mentioned the previous NAFCO boss was despatched to the Financial and Organized Crime Workplace (EOCO) for fast interrogation and subsequent launch, however reportedly fell in poor health and was taken to hospital.
“When he returned, as an alternative of getting his lawyer, a former legal professional common, accompany his consumer to interrogation, he selected to look on a radio program,” mentioned Dr. Sreem Sai.
He mentioned the previous NAFCO boss was launched on Wednesday and was scheduled to look for questioning on Thursday.
He added that former Legal professional Normal Godfred Yeboah Dame would be capable of higher perceive the character of the brand new proof if he selected to accompany his consumer as an alternative of showing on tv and radio packages.
The Deputy Legal professional Normal mentioned there was no foundation for concluding that Mr Dame lacked new proof.
Dr Sreem Sai argued that the previous Legal professional Normal was not accompanying his consumer and subsequently couldn’t know the main points of the brand new proof.
He requested, “Is it inappropriate to drop the fees when new proof is found?”
The deputy legal professional common defined that new proof means “some new discovery” that might result in new expenses, enhancements to current expenses, or modifications to a number of the expenses.
“Due to this fact, it’s essential to interrogate and confirm the accused, particularly his aspect of the story, earlier than continuing with new expenses,” he mentioned.
“I stay very assured that we’ve got a robust case that may result in a conviction. There is no such thing as a doubt about that,” he instructed reporters.
Mr Dame had beforehand complained that his consumer, a former NAFCO boss, was denied entry to a lawyer after being rearrested by EOCO officers.
A former NAFCO boss and his spouse, Richard Assante, who’s at present on the run, and two entities have been charged with inflicting monetary losses amounting to GHF61 million.
This quantity was mentioned to have been meant for the acquisition and provide of meals objects underneath the Nationwide Faculty Meals portion of the Free Excessive Faculty Programme.
