An Accra High Court has ordered prosecution in the case in which former Director General of Social Security and national insurance Trust, SSNIT, Ernest Thompson and four others are standing trial for causing financial loss to the state to furnish the accused persons “missing content in the contract documents presented.
The court presided over by Justice Henry Anthony Kwofie ordered prosecution to provide the documents listed from 1 to 111 within 3 weeks.
Counsel for Mr. Thompson, Samuel Codjoe moved a “motion of notice for production of documents based on Article 19 (2) (e) and (g) of the 1992 Constitution.
According to him they are requesting for the documents of which are numbered and contained on the motion paper.
He told the court that, those documents are essential and crucial to the defence, and that certain pages 2 to 34 in the contract documents were missing.
Counsel also told the court that, some of the memos and minutes requested are also missing.
He said, they can be obtained from SSNIT and Public Procurement Authority and it is obvious prosecution have seen these documents of which they are charging the accused.
The Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Atakorah Obuobisa did not oppose the motion, except to say that they will liaise with SSNIT to furnish them with their request.
The immediate past Director General of SSNIT, Ernest Thompson, a former IT manager John Hagan Mensah, Juliet Hassan Kramer, the chief executive officer of Perfect Business Systems, Caleb Kwaku Afaglo, a former Head of Management and information Systems at SSNIT and Peter Hayibor, the lawyer for SSNIT have been charged for wilfully causing financial loss to the state, regarding a contract worth 66 million dollars.
The five have all pleaded not guilty to the 29 charges preferred against them.
The case has been adjourned to January 23, 2019.
Story by Naomi Komeh Adofo
