Chief Inspector, Thomas Prempeh Mercer, the investigator in the trial of the Republic and Dr Stephen Opuni, and two others says investigations he conducted were solely on testing of the Lithovit fertiliser which was finally supplied to farmers to apply on their crops.
Chief Inspector Prempeh, who is the seventh prosecution witness under cross-examination by Counsel for Seidu Agongo, CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, Nutifafa Nutsukpui, said it became necessary during the investigations to speak to two farmers, which was insignificant due to the number of Cocoa farmers in the country.
Mr Nutsukpui pointed to the witness that his investigations did not reveal any farmer complaint recorded by the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) or any Division of COCOBOD against the lithovitfollar fertilizer but the witness disagreed.
Chief Inspector Prempeh said his investigations were on the fact that Agricult Ghana Limited through its CEO introduced to the Board of COCOBOD in May 2013 lithovitfertilizer in a powdery form which when applied to Cocoa, would produce more yield.
He said it was on that bases that COCOBOD forwarded the agro-chemical on May 15, 2013 in a powdery form to CRIG for testing.
The court made an order for the witness to produce invoices and receipts covering the renewal of certification from 2014 to 2017. The case has been adjourned to the 29th of this month.
