{"id":413240,"date":"2018-03-26T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=413240"},"modified":"2018-03-26T12:09:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:09:14","slug":"opuni-seidu-agongo-trial-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/opuni-seidu-agongo-trial-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Opuni, Seidu Agongo trial begins today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former COCOBOD boss, Dr. Stephen Opuni, will make his first appearance in court today [Monday], for among others allegedly causing financial loss to the state in a fertilizer supply deal.<\/p>\n

Dr. Opuni and Siedu Agongo, the CEO of Zeera Group of Companies and Agricult Ghana, which also belongs to Seidu Agongo, are cumulatively facing some 27 charges, including abetment of crime and conspiracy to commit crime.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”YlbiuSdbE29jlNFFR4zmpJ9Hi6XcinM8″]Some key National Democratic Congress executives and the family of Dr. Opuni have described his prosecution as witch hunting, indicating their preparedness to stand by him.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General about two weeks filed the 27 counts including a charge of\u00a0causing financial loss to the stat<\/a>e.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seidu Agongo, CEO of Zeera Group of Companies and Agricult Ghana Limited, is said to have been a beneficiary of a supposed fraudulent fertilizer contract worth over GH\u00a243 million.<\/p>\n

The National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams, has described the prosecution of the former COCOBOD boss as\u00a0injustice<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same, although its own officials have been cited for various acts of corruption.<\/p>\n

A former NDC Member of Parliament for North Dayi,\u00a0George Loh, has advised the state to be fair in dealing with Mr. Opuni to ensure he is not persecuted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m saying in simple terms is that, when people have done wrong in this country, they must be prosecuted, but not persecuted,\u201d he told the host of\u00a0The Big Issue<\/strong>, Selorm Adonoo on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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