Former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has volunteered to function one of many sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the previous Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Funding Fund (GIIF), who was not too long ago granted bail.
The gesture was made throughout courtroom proceedings on Monday, Might 26, when Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi was granted bail to the tune of GH¢10 million. The courtroom required two sureties, every to justify the quantity with landed property positioned throughout the Larger Accra Area.
In line with stories, Mr. Agyapong, who was current in courtroom, provided himself as one of many sureties because the defence crew works to satisfy the bail necessities.
Earlier, counsel for Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi, Duke Aaron Sasu, had pleaded for bail to be granted on his shopper’s personal recognisance, citing his long-standing public service.
He highlighted Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi’s earlier roles, together with Minister for Schooling, Minister for Ports and Harbours, and educational management as a lecturer and former Professional Vice-Chancellor on the College of Cape Coast. He additionally served because the Board Chair of the Public Procurement Authority.
The defence additionally cited the professor’s age—80 years—and his medical historical past, together with two current surgical procedures, as grounds for leniency within the bail phrases.
Whereas Deputy Lawyer Normal Dr. Justice Srem-Sai didn’t oppose the bail software, he urged the courtroom to undertake the identical phrases granted to the primary accused within the case—a GH¢15 million bail with two sureties, every backed by landed property within the Larger Accra Area.
Justice Consolation Tasiame, nonetheless, dominated for a diminished bail quantity of GH¢10 million, with the situation that each sureties should justify the quantity with landed property located in Larger Accra.
Supply: Myjoyonline
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