Deputy Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Fred Agbenyo says the charges levelled against Dr. Stephen Opuni will not stand the test of time because they are inaccurate.Â
In an interview with Prime News, Fred Agbenyo said the charges against Dr. Stephen Opuni are plans by the NPP to get NDC members behind bars.
According to him, justice will not be served in this particular issue because it's more of political persecution and witch haunting.
"I don't think the charges are correct, I see more political persecution and political witch hunting and I don't think that justice will be served on this particular issue but I believe that Dr. Opuni and Seidu Agongo will stand vindicated on this issue."
"But I can assure that some us will rally our support behind them we will give them our solidarity and make sure justice prevail" he added.
Twenty-seven charges levelled against Dr. Stephen Opuni
Dr. Stephen Opuni together with one businessman Seidu Agongo and Agricult Ghana Limited, have been charged with twenty-seven counts of offences including defrauding by false pretences and causing financial loss to the state.
Six counts out of the 27 are in respect of abetment and defrauding by false pretence in various sums amounting to GHS₵217,345,289 and six other counts are for conspiring and willfully causing financial loss to the state in the same amount. Also, eight counts involve offenses relating to contravention of the Public Procurement Act 2003, Act 663.
Economic and Organised Crimes Office, EOCO, froze the assets of Dr. Stephen Opuni as part of investigations into his tenure as CEO of COCOBOD in 2017.
The NPP government after taking over the administration of the country terminated the contract of Dr. Stephen Opuni for alleged misappropriations.
Dr. Opuni, appointed on November 30, 2013, to head COCOBOD, is alleged to have mismanaged the cocoa sector during his four-year tenure.
The former Chief Executive of the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority was relieved of his post on January 12, 2017, and appointed to Cocobod.
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