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1st week of November, 1st set of dates. We look forward to the resolution of the JUSSAG strike for these schedules to proceed. #ORALUpdates.

As hearing resumes for the Gifty Oware case, here’s a quick reminder of the Prosecution status of the case so far. #ORALUpdates.

Court Updates. In Republic v Adu Boahene & 2 Ors (Cubersecurity software case), where an application has been brought by Lawyers for the accused person to strike out portions of the State’s written submissions to their submission of no case, the Court has adjourned to Thursday to hear and determine the application. Off-the-record and before the motion is moved, the Presiding judge sort to find out from Counsel , Mr Samuel Atta Akyea the relevance of the application. In the view of the Judge, even if written submissions contain erroneous reference to the record, it is immaterial because the court will rely on the record of proceedings for facts in its judgement and not the written submissions which is only to assist the court on points of law. He remarked that whether the Court strikes out those portions or not it will go back to use the record of proceedings as it is before the Court snd not what Lawyers have referred to in their written submissions. He also sought to draw Counsel’s attention to the fact that the application seem to be about interpretations that is being put on the testimonies and not the testimonies itself. Lawyer Atta Akyea insisted that those portions for which the application is brought are serious attributions to what is not on the record and raises professional misconduct issues but Justice Achibonga interjected that the Court is not being called upon to determine professional misconduct issues. Justice Achibonga furthered questioned the rule under which the application was brought to which Mr. Atta Akyea replied that the application was being brought under the inherent jurisdiction of the Court. To this the Judge replied; “From your years of practice if you are coming under the inherent jurisdiction you should know what to do, it should be on the face of the motion paper. It is not here” Prosecution has indicated its intention to oppose the application on points of law. The Court adjourned to Thursday, 29th October at 10am to take the motion after its discovered that the proceedings in question were not readily available with the Court on the day. #ORALUpdates

Court Update. Republic v Osei Assibey Antwi (National Service Case). Despite initial attempts by Counsel for the accused person to seek an adjournment for the day, the Court conducted the business for the day which was case management conference. Lawyers for the accused person had throughout the sitting for the day, raised issues with the numbering of pages of documents which the prosecution intended to rely on arguing that the numbering was out of sequence and further praying that the court orders the prosecution to withdraw and refile these documents. The court however insisted that prosecution had complied with the previous orders of the court and have clearly numbered the documents and that if the accused Lawyers had any issues, they may raise them at trial at the point of tendering these documents. Prosecution proceeded to conduct case management conference by taking the court through the documents they have filed, witnesses they intend to call and exhibits these witnesses intend to rely on to prove the charges against the accused person. The Court after close to 2 hours of sitting adjourned to Monday 2nd Novermber, 1:30pm for completion of the case management conference. #ORALUpdates

This morning at Criminal Court 5, Case Management Conference is expected to conclude in the Osei Assibey Antwi case after which trial will be scheduled to begin. An overview of where we are now with the case. #ORALUpdates.

A busy #ORALProsecutions week with the National Service cases leading the pack of cases to be heard this week. #ORALUpdates.

Case Update. Buffer Stock Case. The Attorney General has as of yesterday, filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal ruling dated 19th October 2026 which stayed proceedings in the case of Republic v Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba & Another (Buffer Stock Case) until an appeal on the striking out of the charge sheet in the above named case is determined. The Attorney General contends that the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a mere challenge against a charge sheet constitutes an exceptional ground upon which to stay proceedings in a criminal trial. He argues that such a proposition will greatly stultify criminal trials as all that an accused person has to do is to raise any challenge at all against a charge sheet and seek to stay proceedings until that is determined. #ORALUpdates.

This morning at the Court of Appeal, the Attorney General will oppose attempt by Former Buffer Stock CEO, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, to stay proceedings in his ongoing suit at the High Court. The team will also move to have Case Management Conference conducted for the defence of the accused persons in the Skytrain Case. Subject to the outcome of the Stay application at the Court of Appeal, the 1st Prosecution witness in the Buffer Stock trial will enter the box tomorrow, October 20 to give his evidence-in-chief. #ORALProsecutions schedule for the week. #ORALUpdates.

Court Update. In Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi’s application for bail pending trial, the High Court has just heard arguments for Lawyers of the applicant/prisoner as well as the arguments of the Republic in opposition and has adjourned to Wednesday, November 4 at 9 o’clock in the forenoon for a Ruling. The applicant/prisoner has been taken back to the Nsawam Medium Security prison. #ORALUpdates

Court Update. Republic v Solomon Asamoah & Another (Skytrain case) Supreme Court dismisses 1st accused person’s application for certiorari and prohibition; trial to continue as scheduled. The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the 1st accused seeking an order of certiorari to quash the Ruling of the High Court dated 2nd July 2026 which Ruling dismissed his submission of no case and asked him to open his defence if he wishes to do so. The dismissed application also sought an order to prohibit the trial Judge from going ahead with the trial. In the light of the above Ruling, Case Management Confernce for the Defence of the accused person shall take place on Monday, 19th October at 10 o’clock in the forenoon as scheduled last week. #ORALUpdates.

Court Update. In Republic v Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi & 2 Ors (Exim Bank Loan Case), the 1st accused person/prisoner, was arraigned a while ago on a new charge sheet filed on the 22nd day of September 2026. In the new charge sheet based on the same alleged fraudulent procurement of an Exim Bank Loan in 2018, the accused persons are charged with 5 counts namely defrauding by false pretence, 2 counts of uttering of forged documents, money laundering and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body to the the tune of GHc30,000,000 (Thirty Million Ghana Cedis) The summary of the Prosecution’s case is that in January 2018, the 1st accused person presented forged and altered documents to the Ghana Export and Import Bank (Exim Bank) to secure a loan to undertake a proposed farming project. Investigations however established that the Accused Persons did not undertake the proposed farming activity. They bought no agricultural plant and machinery. They employed no one to work on the farm. They did not own or secure the parcel of land which they represented to the Bank as a parcel of land secured for the proposed farm. Further investigations established that the 1st accused person/prisoner withdrew huge sums of the funds disbursed by the Bank from A3's bank accounts (Wontumi Farms Limited) and spent the same for his personal use, including investing such sums in other business enterprises. The 1st accused person/prisoner pleaded not guilty to all the charges. The prosecution has been given 14 days within which to file the relevant disclosures. Case management conference is scheduled for Tuesday, 27th October 2026 at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. The 1st accused/prisoner has been taken back to the Nsawam Maximum Security Prisons where he’s currently serving a 20 year jail sentence handed by the High Court, Accra, differently constituted. #ORALUpdates.

This week’s Court itinerary as #ORALProsecutions gear up at the start of the legal year. #ORALUpdates.

Court Update. Republic v Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba & Another (Buffer Stock Case) Justice Achibonga adjourns the beginning of trial again. Presiding Judge, Justice Francis Achibonga, JA has once again adjourned the start of trial in the above-named case to Tuesday, 20th October 2026 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. This morning, Prosecution led by the Deputy Attorney General announced to the Court that the items of the accused persons which was the subject matter of a motion before the Court had been released to them on Monday. He therefore urged the Court to allow the State to call its 1st witness since that (the application for release of the items) was the only outstanding matter for which trial was adjourned the last time. The defence, led by Former Attorney General, Mr Godfred Dame Esq. consequently withdrew their pending application for the release of the items. However Lawyer for the 2nd accused Mr Augustine’s Obour Esq. told the Court that they had not been able to charge the phones to access its content for their defence since they received them on Monday. Despite the Prosecution’s attempt to urge on the Court submissions as to why the evidence-in-chief of the 1st witness may be taken today, the Court adjourned the matter to Tuesday, 20th October 2026, in order to in its view, afford the defence ample time to access the content of the phones before trial begins. With all of Prosecution’s evidence filed before the Court, case management completed months ago and the State’s 1st Prosecution witness ready to give his testimony, it remains to be seen when the actual trial will begin in the above-named case. #ORALUpdates

It’s October; the beginning of the legal year and #ORALProsecutions swing into action again. This week, the accused persons in the Skytrain case open their defence while trial commences in the Buffer Stock case. #ORALUpdates

#ORALProsecutions resume as trial of Former Buffer Stock CEO is scheduled to commence this week. #ORALUpdates.

Court Update. The Prosecution a while ago, closed its case in Republic v Kwabena Adu Boahene & 2 Ors (cybersecurity software case) after conclusion of cross-examination of the 4th and last Prosecution Witness. This means that the State is done leading evidence to substantiate the charges it preferred against the accused persons. The accused persons, Former National Signals Bureau (NSB) boss, Kwabena Adu Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei Boateng and a company allegedly owned by the two, Advantage Solutions are standing trial for 11 financial offences related to the alleged stealing of GHc49.1 million meant for the purchase of a cyber defense software for the State. The Prosecution called 4 Witness. First, a driver of the 1st accused, Frank Anane Dekpey who testified among other things, to running errands on behalf of 1st accused which involved the carrying of cash in “Ghana must go bags” for deposit and withdrawals upon 1st accused’s instructions, The second witness, Head of Finance at the NSB, Ruby Adumoah Opoku testified as to the transfer of the GHc49.1 million from the account of the NSB into an account unknown to the entity. The 3rd Prosecution testified that she operated a company set up by the accused persons to move funds and that the accused gave her pre-signed cheques for the purposes of moving these funds. The 4th Prosecution witness gave details about the nature of account created for the alleged diversion of the said funds, the investigations which unraveled the private expenditure by the accused persons and as well discredited the authenticity of a letter purporting to confirm the purchase of the cybersecurity software. The accused persons through their Lawyers after close of Prosecution’s case indicated that they intend to file a “submission of no case”. The Court has given them 2 weeks, precisely by the 25th of September to do so. The Prosecution has been given same two weeks to respond after the service of the application. The Court has set 5th November 2026 to give its judgement on whether a case has been made out by the prosecution to warrant the accused persons opening their defence or not. #ORALUpdates.

Cross-examination is scheduled to conclude tomorrow in Adu Boahene. This week’s itinerary #ORALUpdates