Mustapha Hamid trial to continue during legal vacation despite defence plea
Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid's trial will continue during the legal vacation despite a defence plea to adjourn until October. The Accra High Court rejected the request by lawyers for four accused persons and directed that proceedings should continue. The judge indicated the trial would continue unless Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie withdraws the warrant directing selected high-profile criminal cases to proceed during the legal vacation.
The decision means the ongoing trial, in which Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and other accused persons face allegations including extortion and related offences involving players in the petroleum sector, will not be halted for the vacation. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has accused the former NPA boss and others of unlawfully obtaining money from bulk oil transporters and oil marketing companies. The accused persons have denied the allegations. The trial involves Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and nine others, although recent developments have seen changes to the number of accused persons facing the charges.
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The Accra High Court has rejected a request by defence lawyers in the trial of former NPA CEO Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and others. This decision has
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