Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, Counsel for former Finance Minister in the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills administration, Dr Kwabena Duffour has indicated that the Akufo-Addo government through the Attorney-General is yet to set the time for them to respond to the latest money laundering charge leveled against his client.
On Wednesday, news went viral that the Attorney-General (A-G) has hauled the former Finance Minister, together with a former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr. Johnson Asiama to court.
The State charged Mr Duffour with money laundering, while Dr. Asiama has been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state.
They are expected to appear in before an Accra High court soon.
Seven others including Kwabena Duffuor II, Dansoa Kyereh, Jeffrey Amon, Ekow Nyarko Dadzie-Dennis, Elsie, Benjamin Ofori and Kwadwo Opoku Okoh have been also cited in the case and charged with 68 offenses by the state for their role in the collapse of UNIBANK in 2017.
The charges preferred against the accused persons include conspiracy to commit a crime, money laundering, fraudulent breach of trust and dishonestly appropriating funds of depositors.
Dr. Kwabena Duffour upon his appointment as the Finance Minister resigned from the board of the UniBank in order to avoid conflict of interest and so day to day running of those companies was not in his hands.
Reacting to the fresh criminal charge against Dr. Kwabena Duffour, Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show narrated that when the government decided to revoke the banking license of UniBank, the Receiver appointed by the Bank of Ghana dragged Dr. Duffour’s son and other shareholders to court; thus, there is a new civil matter in court involving this same case.
“We have been back and forth with this case until we realized that the government has filed criminal charges at the High Court and so we are waiting for the Akufo-Addo government to give us a time to go to court and respond to those charges. The first case is still pending, what the Receiver took to court is also pending and now, we have been charged with a criminal offense by the Special Investigative Team; this is the state of affairs now,” he stated.
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I think you should be figuring out how you'd be defending your client in court rather than doing political gymnastics with the case in the media.
PROUD, ARROGANT, EMPTY AND LACK SUBSTANCE. THE MORIBUND AND 1MP0T£NT GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL IS THE COURSE OF THE LIKES OF EDUDZI, SAMMY GYAMFI AND THEIR ILK ARE PARADING AROUND AS LAWYERS. INFACT AND INDEED THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN GHANA HAS LOST ITS SHINE WITH LAWYERS LIKE EDUDZI WHO WILL POLITISE THEIR OWN FAILURE. IN ANY SERIOUS JURISDICTION, EDUDZI AND HIS M-A--D FOLK WILL HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED OR STRUCK OF FROM THE PROFESSION FOR THE DELIBERATE L1-£$ THEY PERPETRATE. IT IS ONLY IN GHANA THAT SO CALLED BIG MEN P1LFER FROM THE STATE OR FROM THE ORDINARY PERSONS AND THEN HAVE EDUCATED 1D-0+$ LIKE EDUDZI TRYING TO POLITICISE EVERYTHING. IF THE DUFFUORS ARE CULPABLE, LET THEM FACE JUSTICE.
This guy is too proud. Yes, Akuffo Addo is a president but he doesn't control legal institutions. If you think you are brilliant where were you when your party NDC lost cases?
That is the strategy of the NDC..you watch anytime Sammy Gyamfi, Brogya Gyamfi, and the rest of their communicators responding anything..they'll try as much as possible to mention Nana Addo's name. They think that by so doing they'll make him unpopular..but such plow will NOT wash. So hear me and hear me well, Lawyer Tamakloe don't mingle politics with your profession. If you do, you'll be in deep trouble. Go and ask seasoned lawyers like Obed Asamoah, Tsatsu Tsikata and co. The banking case is NOT a political case just as party work and government are distinct and different. So my advice is, cut off the politics and leave Nana Addo alone and deal with the A-G.
You left law school a few years but too known ahba Is it the President that fix court dates Ah nsem fo Have you given up already By the way go and fix your teeth See a dentist they are bad don’t you feel shy speaking in public
Is it Akuffo Addo's responsibility to set date for court proceedings? All these empty heads are walking around as lawyers.
Oya, cut your freaking political colourisation of every issue and go and defend your clients according to the book. We want counsels worth their salt not babies with sharp tongues always hiding behind nonexistent nolight shadows! Haba .....