{"id":413343,"date":"2018-03-26T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=413343"},"modified":"2018-03-26T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:08:08","slug":"ndc-bigwigs-throng-court-ahead-of-opunis-trial-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/ndc-bigwigs-throng-court-ahead-of-opunis-trial-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC bigwigs throng court ahead of Opuni’s trial [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former senior officials of the Mahama administration have thronged the High Court in Accra to solidarize with former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Steve Opuni, who is facing a number of charges, including causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n

The group was led by the former Cheif of Staff, Julius Debrah and included former Attorney General, Marietta Brew Oppong; former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Sherry Aryitey; former Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare; former Deputy Transport\u00a0Minister, Joyce\u00a0Bawa-Mogtari and former Deputy\u00a0Minister\u00a0of Communications Felix Ofosu Kwakye.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also among the persons in the court were top executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), including the Northern Regional Chairman of the party, Alhaji Azooka.<\/p>\n

There was also some chaos in the courtroom due to the numbers at the court. This led security personnel to move everyone out of the court.<\/p>\n

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Some supporters and friends of Dr. Opuni were not allowed to re-enter the courtroom, leading to some verbal exchanges.<\/p>\n

The situation was later calmed when police officers were brought in to escort the supporters out of the building.<\/p>\n

Dr. Opuni is facing over 27 charges<\/strong><\/a> over some alleged corrupt practices during his term of office.<\/p>\n

He is being sued together with one Seidu Agongo, CEO of Zeera Group of Companies and Agricult Ghana Limited, beneficiaries of a supposed fraudulent contract worth forty-three million, one hundred and twenty thousand cedis (Ghc43, 120,000).<\/p>\n

The contract in question spanned the period between 2013 and 2016.<\/p>\n

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

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