The High Court in Accra has dismissed an application by the former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, to have his frozen bank account released.
After months of having his bank accounts under the control of EOCO, Dr Opuni’s lawyers obtained a High Court order on April 23, 2018 for the accounts to be defrozen.
But the defense team could not sustain that judgment, as EOCO filed an ex-parte motion the following day, April 24, 2018, and obtained another order from the same court for the accounts to be frozen again.
Embattled Opuni filed another application at the same High Court seeking to get access to his accounts.
At the last sitting of the court, the legal representatives of the parties brought to a close arguments for and against the application. While the defense team of Dr. Opuni maintained that the action of EOCO is against the law, EOCO argued that their action is legal.
According to Dr. Opuni’s lead counsel, Mr Samuel Cudjoe, EOCO had become a “monster” bent on terrorising and making life uncomfortable for his client.
However, the High Court presided over by Georgina Mensah-Datsa while dismissing the application in Court today said, EOCO has the duty to protect state funds, and if EOCO had gone according to its own acts, it would have spared them all these troubles.
More to come…..
