Opuni and Agongo on a GHC 600,000 bail
The Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Stephen Opuni, who has been prosecuted with 27 charges including willfully causing financial loss to the State and has pleaded not guilty of the charges has being granted bail on an amount of GHC 30,000.
His counterpart who, Seidu Agongo, the Managing Director of Agricult Consult has also been granted bail on the same amount, which raises the sum of the two to GHC 600,000.
Dr Opuni and Mr Agongo have been both ordered to leave their passports at the office of the Director General of Criminal Investigative Department (CID), who are to report any travel cases to the registrar general 48 hours before taken any activity.
Dr Opuni is being represented by Lawyer Samuel Cudjoe and Johnson Normesinu. While Agongo, MD for Agricult appeared for himself and Agricult with a five-member legal team.
They are Benson Nutsukpi, who’s also the President of the Ghana Bar Association, Nutifafa Nutsukpi, Joel Annor Afari, Emmanuel Kumadey and Jemima Dei.
The State through the Attorney Generals (AG) Department has fielded its strongest legal brains at the Attorney Generals Department, including the AG herself, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo.
The rest are Godfred Yeboah-Dame, deputy AG, Joseph Dindion Kpemba, Deputy AG, Evelyn Keelson, Chief State Attorney, Frances Mollen Ansah, Principal State Attorney, Stella Ohene Appiah, Snr state attorney, Sefakor Batse, Snr State Attorney, Richard Gyembiby, Senior State Attorney and Pinaman Ansah, Snr State Attoney.
The case began trial in an Accra High Court on Monday March 26 2018
Ghanaguardian.com
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