Former GNPC Chief Executive Tsatsu Tsikata has been cleared of charges of causing financial loss to the state by a Court of Appeal.
The court in a ruling Wednesday said the incarceration of the legal practitioner by an Accra Fast Track High court for causing financial loss to the state in 2008 was a miscarriage of justice.
The Fast Track High court found him guilty for causing a financial loss of GHC230,000 to the state.
Despite receiving a presidential pardon in the nick of the 2008 elections, Tsikata has continued to fight for his innocence in the matter.
Background
Tsatsu Tsikata was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on June 18, 2008 by the Accra Fast Track High Court for causing financial loss to the state through a loan that the GNPC guaranteed for Valley Farms, a private cocoa-growing company.
He was found guilty on three counts of wilfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state and another count of misapplying public property.
His trial started in 2002 and travelled back and forth the court ladder until his sentence, which generated a lot of controversy.
Valley Farms contracted the loan from Caisse Francaise de Development in 1991 but defaulted in the payment and the GNPC, which acted as the guarantor, was compelled to pay it in 1996.
Mr Tsatsu Tsikata was unconditionally pardoned by former President J.A. Kufuor on his last day in office but he rejected the pardon and insisted that he would continue to pursue justice in the court of law.
Source: Daily Guide
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You are still a convict. Stealer and wife snatcher
Stop these tribal comments and lets move forward. It is bankrupt minds that spew out tribal hatred among people. Tsatsu believes he is innocent and another Judge thought otherwise so lets see if other Judges have the same view in case the matter ends up in the Supreme Court even if it is for academic exercise. It is the comments of the likes of Nana Peter that emboldens nation wreckers like those involved in the Mass Transit Bus branding scandal to the extent that they began to preach like the Nana Peter. When an Akan person is destroyed its alright. Such people like Nana Peter belong to the cave and should be kept there. What is this.?
NPP bloodied again. Lol.
Mahama has polluted Ghana with corruption. It is too bad and sad. It is strongly believed that he paid heavily for some at EC to rig 2012 elections and when the election was challenged he had to influence judges with money. It is held that he involved some Chiefs to achieve this. To cover and expand his corrupt deeds, he pays to influence Pastors, Journalist, MPs, Pollsters, Opposition Politicians. He buys his way through everywhere. He has succeeded in doing this so he thinks he can bribe everyone in Ghana. Thank God we still have good, sincere and God fearing people in the country who are not corrupted and cannot be bribed by Mahama. He is not ashamed of anything and takes Ghanaians to be too cheap with shallow minds. In spite of Wayomie corruption which is still pending in court he has given another contract of Ghana government to him to tell all in Ghana that he does not care about what we think and say about his corruption. He dashes money everywhere in his campaign to get endorsed by chiefs, journalists, artists and all. He believes that JJ and Ghanaians are baloney. We can talk and talk but can take no action. Fellow Ghanaians let us show love for our nation, conscience for justice, pride for our dignity and take the opportunity of elections to punish people who abuse the natural principle of fair play, equal justice and reward for sincere hard work. It will be an expensive negligence if we fail to use the ballot box to get rid of corrupt politicians. Nobody would forgive us for such a grave mistake. Let us use our God given brains to make a choice that can set our nation free again.
THIS JUST SHOWS HOW THE ASHANTIS HATE EWES by jailing him innocently just because he is an ewe man he must go to jail and when Nana Addo went to VOLTA REGION he foold them to come OUT and vote for him Nana Addo.Why should he Nana Addo president Kufour imprison him innocently? Just because he is an Ewe man. Now the Court has spoken that he was innocent but was forced to jail by NPP under former president Kufour of which Nana Addo was the Minister for Justice and Athorney General. This is the TIME FOR ALL THE REASONALE EWES TO VOTE AGAINST THE NPP AND NANA ADDO FOR INNOCENTLY JAILING Tsatsu Tsikata, AN EWE MAN
THIS JUST SHOWS HOW THE ASHANTIS HATE EWESby jailing him innicently just because he is an ewe man he must gon to jail and when Nana Addo went there he foold them to come and vote for him.Why should he Nana Addo president Kufour imprison him innicently? Just because he is an Ewe man. Now the Court has spoken that he was innocent but was forced to jail by NPP under former president Kufour of which Nana Addo was the Minister for Justice and Athorney General. This is the TIME FOR ALL THE REASONALE EWES TO VOTE AGAINST THE NPP AND NANA ADDO FOR INNOCENTLY JAILING Tsatsu Tsikata, AN EWE MAN
Hahaha! Why didn't he refused the unconditional pardon and remain in prison to fight for his innocence? Once a ***barred word***, always a ***barred word***.