The High Court 4 in Accra has ordered with immediate effect, the defreezing of two bank accounts of the former Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni.
The accounts, one at the Opeibea House branch of Stanchart Bank in Accra, and the second with Ecobank, were frozen by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) following investigations into Opuni’s administration at COCOBOD.
He is currently standing trial at the High Court for alleged malfeasance and willingly causing financial loss to the state.
Stephen Opuni’s motion on notice to discharge the freezing of the accounts was filed on April 13, 2018, which was not opposed to by lawyers for EOCO, and was granted by Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa.
The Accounts were frozen in February 2017.
Source: Graphic.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
@joe plz mind the choice of your words, who is a criminal? Is unfortunate you are what you are, Uncultured, arrogant, primitive and a compound ***barred word***
Fellow Ghanaians, we should some times do a little study so that we can understand what is at stake. The account was frozen to allow eoco to do investigation into his activities. After the investigation, the account must be defrozen so that he can have access to his account. Unless the state thinks that there is a huge amount in the account that it can use to reduce the loss Mr. Opuni caused, in which case the state would have to attach the account.
it is left to be seen as to whether eoco will heed the judgement of the corrupt judge. remember ibrahima mahama still has equipment not released to him despite court orders several months ago
Why didn't the lawyers of EOCO oppose the application? This is because the freezing of the account was a propaganda tactics to heighten the case but it has backfired big time.
Ebobo ba. I have before that this case was dead on arrival. It’s much ado about nothing. It’s just waste of time.
Stealing as usual, nothing is going to happen to that criiiminal as far as CORRUPT judges.