High Court in Accra acquits Jacob Mawuli Setsoafia, MD of Ghana Chemicals Company Ltd, in Suit No. CR/0164/2020. Court rules prosecution failed to make a case against him.
Accra — The High Court of Justice, Accra, has cleared Mr. Jacob Mawuli Setsoafia, Managing Director of Ghana Chemicals Company Limited, of all criminal charges brought against him by the Republic.In a ruling delivered on Thursday, 12th October 2023 by Her Ladyship Justice Mary M. E. Yanzuh, sitting at Criminal Court 3, the court upheld a Submission of No Case filed on behalf of the accused persons and acquitted Mr. Setsoafia.Mr. Setsoafia, listed as the 1st Accused (A1) in Suit No. CR/0164/2020, had been charged with conspiracy to commit forgery of official document, forgery of official document, conspiracy to commit stealing, and stealing, in connection with 4,000 barrels of ethanol alcohol belonging to Kijani Resources Ghana Limited.After the prosecution closed its case having called only two (2) witnesses, counsel for the accused applied for a submission of no case.
The court, applying Section 173 of the Criminal and Other Offences Procedure Act, 1960 (Act 30), held that a case had not been made out against the accused sufficiently to require him to make a defence.What this means: Mr. Setsoafia was not called upon to open his defence. He was acquitted and discharged.
There is no case against him.The ruling brings to an end nearly a decade of criminal proceedings arising from the 2013 ethanol transaction.Keywords: Jacob Mawuli Setsoafia, Jacob Mawuli Setsoafia cleared, Ghana Chemicals MD acquitted, High Court Accra CR/0164/2020, No case to answer Ghana
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