Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has voiced strong criticism against the current Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, for his justification to enter a nolle prosequi in the high-profile case involving Dr. Kwabena Duffuor and seven others. A nolle prosequi is a formal notice to discontinue prosecution.
Dr. Ayine had explained that the decision to abandon prosecution was based on significant progress in asset recovery and the inherent legal complexities of the case. However, in an exclusive interview on Channel One Newsroom on Monday, July 28, Tuah-Yeboah challenged the logic of halting legal proceedings simply because 60% of the alleged funds had been recovered.
Tuah-Yeboah argued that the Attorney General’s explanation raises more questions than it answers. He contended that the notion of recovering 60% of the amount as sufficient grounds to discontinue prosecution is “flawed.”
“The moment you give the explanation, then people will also begin to query the explanation,” Tuah-Yeboah stated. “If he had entered nolle prosequi simplicita without explanations, that one we wouldn’t even know that he would be coming back with new charges.”
He further questioned the Attorney General’s threshold: “If the Attorney General says 60% is what he thinks is the proper threshold when it comes to financial matters, then I beg to differ.” Highlighting the substantial amount involved, Tuah-Yeboah pressed, “I mean, 60% on the face of it, you may think it is something big, but what about the 40%? Who pays for the 40% especially in this particular case, where the amount involved is 5.7 billion?” He also pointed out a specific discrepancy: “But we are now told that about GHS2.1 billion was something that was falsified. So I even have a question there. Who falsified it? Because the receiver was appointed by the Bank of Ghana.”
