The Workplace of the Lawyer-Normal and Ministry of Justice has introduced that it has formally discontinued the legal case in opposition to Dr. Kwabena Duffour and 7 others, who have been being prosecuted for his or her alleged roles in monetary misconduct associated to the collapse of Unibank.
The Lawyer-Normal filed a nolle prosequi on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, successfully bringing the case, titled The Republic v. Kwabena Duffour & 7 Others (CR/0248/2020), to an finish.
In keeping with a press launch signed by Deputy Lawyer-Normal, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, the choice follows the restoration of a good portion of the funds misplaced to the state.
It stated the accused individuals, after a number of rounds of negotiations with the state, have reportedly returned greater than 60% of the cash concerned.
The Lawyer-Normal emphasised that the primary goal of the prosecutions linked to the monetary sector clean-up, which started in 2018, was to get better public funds and guarantee accountability.
“Because the accused have met the restoration threshold set by the State, it’s now not essential to proceed the case,” the assertion learn.
Nonetheless, the Lawyer-Normal made it clear that this choice doesn’t imply the accused are harmless or that no wrongdoing occurred.
Reasonably, it’s a sensible transfer within the curiosity of the nation and according to efforts to retrieve misused public sources.
The Lawyer-Normal reassured the general public that his workplace stays dedicated to defending the general public purse and making certain justice in all nationwide issues.
The case was one of many high-profile prosecutions stemming from the monetary sector reforms, which noticed a number of banks shut down or merged as a consequence of insolvency and regulatory breaches.
By Jacob Aggrey
