A Kumasi-based private legal practitioner, Sulley Sambian, has ensured the freedom of a youth activist of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhassan Sibdow Hafiz, by voluntarily paying a court fine of Ghc3,000 slapped on the convict.
A Tamale Circuit Court on August 28, 2017 sentenced Alhassan Hafiz to a fine of 250 penalty units or in default serve four years for defrauding his employer of an amount of Ghc 98,587.
The convict, Alhassan Sibdow Hafiz during the trial pleaded guilty and claimed he used the money to finance the NPP’s campaign efforts ahead of the 2016 polls.
The former Sales Manager of As-Sahabah Limited, was sentenced by the court presided over by Justice William Joseph Twumasi Appiah based on his own plea to the charge of defrauding.
The convict however filed an appeal at a Tamale High court seeking to overturn the Circuit court’s decision.
Sulley Sambian, who heard about the convict’s predicament voluntarily paid the Ghc3,000 fine and Alhassan Sibdow Hafiz was released from prison.
In a Citi News interview, the lawyer said he was alarmed by the convict’s dilemma, hence his intervention.
Sulley Sambian is the chief Solicitor of a private law firm, Sambian &co based in Kumasi.
He was called to the bar in 2002 and worked with Akufo Addo, Prempeh&co for two years.
He was part of the legal team led by Obiri Boahene that freed the five NPP youth activists from Tamale who were sentenced for life with one of them, Yahuza sentenced to death.
Sulley Sambian has declared his intention to contest the NPP Northern Regional Secretary position.
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana