{"id":98877,"date":"2015-03-12T13:59:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=98877"},"modified":"2015-03-12T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:59:51","slug":"woyome-acquittal-charge-state-prosecutors-gii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/woyome-acquittal-charge-state-prosecutors-gii\/","title":{"rendered":"Woyome acquittal: Charge state prosecutors – GII"},"content":{"rendered":"
Executive Director of Anti graft agency the Ghana integrity initiative Vitus Azeem says the state prosecution should be charged for causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”xBAEWSbjc2g2RCo0mhlRNpqbyn8f5mpC”]\u201cIf the state hires people and pays them to defend the state and unfortunately they are not able to defend the state maybe causing financial loss to the state charge should go to the state officials and not Woyome.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was commenting on the acquittal of Mr. Woyome of all the charges against him in the 51 million cedis judgment debt scandal.<\/p>\n
Mr. Woyome was standing trial for defrauding the state by false pretence and causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n
The presiding judge Justice Ajet-Nasam in his ruling said the state did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Woyome was indeed guilty of the charges against him.<\/p>\n