The order follows a judgment of the court exonerating the senior Police officer from complicity in the gold scam, involving a licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources.

The court also quashed all initial disciplinary actions taken against DSP Basintale.

The five police officers were interdicted for the alleged unlawful seizure of 13 gold bars from a gold buying firm.

Lawyer Kissi Adjabeng, counsel for the embattled police officers, conveyed the judgment to Citi News, which largely went in his client’s favour.

The Police administration had already reinstated the officer after he had initially been interdicted after preliminary investigations implicated him in the scandal.

“We practically have everything that we asked for, except the court did not grant us costs. An order has been giving crushing all disciplinary proceedings that were purportedly instituted against them.”

The Ghana Police Service and the IGP have been prohibited from further continuing with the matter in respect to DSP Basintale.

He also hinted that, police officers, media houses and other people who made supposed defamatory comments during the trial will be sued.

“We are going to go to the next step of suing each and every person for defamation. That suit is not going to be a respecter of persons. If you said anything untoward against them, if you defamed them, the next thing is we are going to sue.”

Background

Green Global Resources accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHc 1.3 million gold scam.

This alleged gold scam saw DSP Basintale, and six others interdicted after they were said to have seized 13 gold bars from Green Global Resources, under the pretext that they bought stolen gold.

The group is believed to have been led by DSP Basintale.

DSP Basintale and his three other colleagues subsequently threatened to sue the Police Service for defamation.

Their Lawyer, Kissi Agyabeng, argued that his clients “have borne in silence the brunt of the odium the publications reduced them to in their name, reputation and standing in society, until now.”

Mr. Agyabeng maintained that, his clients were dutifully doing their job when they arrested persons from Green Global Resources.

He further insisted that his clients did not engage in any criminality by any stretch of the legal and factual imagination.

He argued that the Ghana Police Service is perpetuating an illegality by purporting to hold a service enquiry in respect of his clients in flagrant violation of C.I 76.

–

By: Anass Seidu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

The post GHc1.3m gold scam: Court orders IGP to stop hounding Basintale appeared first on Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always.

The 25-year-old, who won Monday’s 100m, claimed victory in 22.25 seconds.

The two English sprinters ran personal best times, as did their compatriot Anyika Onuora, who took fourth.

England’s Jazmin Sawyers won silver in the women’s long jump but Shara Proctor had to pull out after picking up an injury attempting her first jump.

Sawyers, a Winter Youth Olympic games silver medallist in the bobsleigh, recorded a distance of 6.54 metres to finish second behind Nigeria’s Ese Brume.

There were tears for Proctor, though, who pulled up halfway down the runway holding her left thigh, and was unable to continue.

Jodie Williams and Bianca Williams shed tears of a different kind by claiming respective silver and bronze in the 200m.

The former, a 20-year-old who won silver in the 2010 World Junior Championships, ran 22.50secs to finish just 0.08 ahead of her 21-year-old team-mate.

In the men’s 200m, Jamaica swept the medals, with Rasheed Dwyer taking gold in 20.14, ahead of Warren Weir and Jason Livermore.

Two more Jamaicans, Kaliese Spencer and Janieve Russell, won gold and bronze respectively in the women’s 400m hurdles, but the Hampden Park cheers were reserved for home favourite Eilidh Child, who took silver.

South Africa’s Cornel Fredericks won the equivalent men’s event in a time of 48.50, seeing off the challenge of Trinidad and Tobago’s Jehue Gordon, who took silver, and Jeffery Gibson of the Bahamas, who claimed bronze. England’s Niall Flannery was fourth.

Botswana’s Nijel Amos produced a stunning run down the final straight to beat Kenyan David Rudisha to 800m Commonwealth gold.

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir put in a majestic display to win his first Commonwealth gold medal in the men’s T54 1500m, while fellow English athlete Jade Jones won her first senior medal with bronze in the women’s T54 1500m.

England’s Jessica Judd claimed a superb victory in the second semi-final of the women’s 800m.

She was joined in Friday’s final by compatriot Jenny Meadows and Scotland’s Lynsey Sharp, who were a disappointing fourth and fifth respectively in the first semi, but qualified courtesy of being the fastest losers.

Scotland’s Emily Dudgeon narrowly missed out on qualification despite finishing fourth in her semi.

India’s Vikas Shive Gowda won the men’s discus with a throw of 63.64, with Cypriot Apostolos Parellis taking silver and Jason Morgan of Jamaica claiming bronze.

Jamaica cleaned up in the men’s 200m

Okagbare (right) was just short of her own personal best in her run in Glasgow

Child, who also won silver in Delhi four years ago, ran a strong race and came home in 55.02 seconds.

England’s Jade Jones (right) is mentored by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

–

Source: BBC Sport

The post Blessing Okagbare wins 200m to seal sprint double appeared first on Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always.