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State prosecutors have pressed 70 fresh charges towards Alhaji Collins Dauda, the previous Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing and 4 others for inflicting monetary loss to the state over the Saglemi Affordable Housing challenge.
The newest cost sheet is changing the earlier 52 charges pressed towards them in July 2021.
Alhaji Collins Dauda, collectively with Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, a former Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing; Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, Chief Director on the Ministry for Water Resources, Works and Housing, contributed to the Saglemi Housing deal when it was ready and signed.
Also enjoying half are businessman Andrew Clocanas, Executive Chairman of Construtora OAS Ghana Limited and Nouvi Tetteh Angelo, Chief Executive Officer and proprietor of Ridge Management Solutions Ghana Limited.
In court docket on Tuesday, January 24, Hilda Craig, a Principal State Attorney instructed the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court that they’ve filed fresh charges on Tuesday morning.
The newest charges she mentioned can be changing the earlier charges sheet which incorporates deliberately misapplying public property and inflicting monetary loss to the state.
“The prosecution has as at this morning (Tuesday, January 23) filed a fresh charge sheet,” Hilda Craig instructed the court docket.
According to her, “this charge sheet as we indicated to the court sometime ago is to replace what is currently before you.”
When the court docket presided over by Justice Elfreda Denkyi mentioned the court docket doesn’t have a replica, the State prosecutor mentioned (*4*)
While Alhaji Collins Dauda and three others had been current Alhaji Zeblim Yakutia, the third accused was absent and he was mentioned to be unwell per medical report back to the court docket.
According to EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, their pleas weren’t taken as a result of absence of the third accused.
Justice Elfreda Denkyi has adjourned the case to Faburay 24 for his or her pleas to be taken. The court docket has additionally directed that ought to the third accused be unable to make it to the court docket, a video hyperlink ought to be made obtainable for his plea to be taken from his base in Tamale.
Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who doubles as NDC MP for Asutifi South within the Ahafo Region, and 4 others are concerned within the $200 million Saglemi Housing Project scandal.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Murtala Inusah
Source: starrfm.com.gh
