Deputy AG rejects OSP claim of collaboration snub, says allegation is false

Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai has rejected claims by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that the Attorney-General’s Office has on several occasions refused requests to collaborate on corruption cases. He described the allegation as false and insisted that the Attorney-General’s Office remains committed to working with all state institutions mandated to investigate and prosecute […]

Wontumi seeks plea deal in GH¢30m Exim Bank fraud trial — AG notifies High Court

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has formally requested a plea negotiation with the Attorney-General in his ongoing criminal trial over an alleged GH¢14.3 million loan fraud involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank). The Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, filed a Notification of […]

Buffer Stock trial stalls as judge rejects unsigned witness statements

The prosecution in the Buffer Stock case suffered another setback on Wednesday after the High Court halted proceedings over unsigned witness statements filed by the state. The case involves the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited. At the hearing before Justice Francis Achibonga, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai informed […]

Wontumi pleads not guilty to fresh charges of fraud and causing financial loss of GH¢30 million to Ghana Exim Bank

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi, has been slapped with fresh charges at the High Court in Accra. According to the charge sheet filed by the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, Wontumi himself and one Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, a Director of Wontumi Farms Limited, are alleged to have […]

Attorney-General to take over all OSP prosecution cases after High Court ruling

The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has confirmed that the Attorney-General’s Department will assume control of all criminal prosecutions currently being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in compliance with a High Court order. The decision follows a ruling by the Accra High Court on Wednesday, April 15, […]