That is false - Deputy AG on claims former Buffer Stock CEO has been denied access to lawyers
Justice Srem Sai, Deputy Attorney-General, dismissed claims on Thursday, May 7, at the High Court in Accra, stating, "That is false, completely false." He was responding to claims by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame that former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO Abdul-Wahab Hanan was denied access to legal counsel following his re-arrest by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Justice Srem Sai described the allegations as baseless and misleading, saying that EOCO waited for Abdul-Wahab Hanan's lawyers to be present for interrogation. He criticized Mr. Dame for allegedly attempting to litigate the matter in the media. Justice Srem Sai said that Mr. Dame should have engaged EOCO officials directly with concerns about access to his clients. Lawyers for Abdul-Wahab Hanan and his wife, Faiza Sayyid Wuni, claimed they had been unable to reach their clients more than 24 hours after their re-arrest.
Godfred Yeboah Dame alleged that EOCO officials had denied them access to the couple, stating in an interview on JoyNews that, "They have been denied access to counsel. Junior colleagues of mine who are at EOCO say that as of about 11 o'clock, they have not been given access to them. They have not been allowed to see their clients." The couple, along with other accused persons, were re-arrested shortly after the Office of the Attorney-General withdrew all charges against them, citing fresh evidence.
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Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem Sai is disputing claims made by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame regarding the re-arrest of Abdul-Wahab Hanan. The disagreement centers around whether Hanan, the former CEO of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, had access to legal counsel - and the implications could be significant.
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