A private legal practitioner and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he is confident former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, will walk free in spite of the 27 charges against him.
Picking on one of the charges - collecting a bribe - Victor Koojogah Adawudu told reporters, Dr Stephen Opuni is too well paid to collect ¢25,000 as a bribe.
"Somebody whose salary is about triple what they said he has been bribed with?..it doesn't really gel", he dismissed the Attorney-General's statement of claim.
The Attorney-General has said the COCOBOD CEO faces 25 years in jail for taking a bribe.
Adawudu also expressed optimism that all the charges including money-laundering, corruption, defrauding by false pretence and abetment of crime will 'fall flat" after they are finished with their defence.
Dr Opuni has also been accused of misrepresenting facts to the Public Procurement Authority in his efforts to ensure Agricult Ghana obtained the contracts unfairly.
But his lawyer told the press, the Attorney-General had a representative on the tender committee that approved all three contracts.
He said the support from several former government ministers and a host of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters was because they believe the charges are wrong.
"You will see party people coming in because they know that Opuni served the party and served the nation," Mr Adawudu said.
The legal practitioner said the negative narrative in the public about Dr Opuni and Seidu Agongo will change at the end of the trial.
He maintained "we believe that the end of this trial we will see that Dr Opuni and Seidu Agongo did their best.
"Instead of people condemning [them], I am sure they will pour showers of praises that they have served this nation well".
The former COCOBOD CEO Dr Stephen Opuni has been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state to the tune of ¢217million in three separate contracts for the supply of fertilisers from Germany.
The state is prepared to prove that Dr Stpehen Opuni knew businessman, Seidu Agongo and his Agricult Ghana Ltd were in no position to supply the fertilisers but went ahead to sign the contracts.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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oh lawyer well not your fault but opuni too is this the lawyer you pick when tsikata etc are there? he will land you in big trouble, you are already gone. bride is not defined by amount oh just simple logic, you have received it and that is all.
This guy is just talking and not making sense. A judge was caught in camera collecting goat as bribe. How much is goat? So the fact the salary of a person is more than amount being offered as bribe does not mean in any way that the person will not take the bribe. Please Mr lawyer if you think this is good enough argument go to court and tell the judge that my client's salary is far more than the amount he's alleged to have taken as bribe so dismiss the case. ***barred word***!!!!!
how much does the police receive as salary? and how much do they take as bribe from motorists?
His driver might be receiving 500 cedis.... and cocobod is saddled with debts. How can one person receive such a huge salary? It is c.r.a.zy.....
Because he is greedy..... His salary is far too high.....
Is this lawyer normal upstairs?This is d most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life.Even d sea receives water from smaller water bodies.An apology of a lawyer.
Whilst I am not in any way claiming he took such a bribe of GH25,000, the lawyer's assertion that can also not be wholly true. The police receive pay more that the GHC5 they receive as bribe from motorists.
He Wil take it despite huge salary cuz of greedines