{"id":99105,"date":"2015-03-13T13:39:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=99105"},"modified":"2015-03-13T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:39:29","slug":"former-nss-boss-case-state-attorney-pleads-for-more-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/former-nss-boss-case-state-attorney-pleads-for-more-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NSS boss case: State Attorney pleads for more time\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday adjourned the case against Alhaji Alhassan Mohammed Imoro, former boss of the National Service Scheme (NSS), for the prosecution to complete its investigations.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”WMQlZD83pvYdBsoLPb8rUpbZ9znV9rRj”]The (Tax and Financial Division) of the High Court, adjourned the case after the State, represented by Assistant State Attorney, Fred Awindaogo, prayed the court for an adjournment, to allow the prosecution to complete its investigations.<\/p>\n
The State Attorney said the prosecution needed more time to gather enough evidence before commencing trial, saying the complicated nature of the case had compelled it, (prosecution) to ask for more time to be able to complete investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n
He said, it is justice the office seeks and not conviction, and that is the reason why it is not in a hurry to start proceedings, so that it will not put the court in suspense in the middle of the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the more reason why we ask for long adjournments, so that the accused person will not complain of having to come to court and go all the time,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
No evidence against former NSS boss<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Samuel A. Jinapor, representing the defence counsel team, said the State is not to convict, but to grant justice, and so if the State does not have any evidence against the accused person, he should be freed.<\/p>\n He said the accused person was arraigned in October 2014, and wondered why trial has not started after six months.<\/p>\n Mr Jinapor prayed the court that even as his team was obliging the prosecution and the the adjournment, the team wanted to draw the court\u2019s attention to the delay in starting the trial.<\/p>\n He also prayed the court to review the bail conditions of his client, from reporting at the BNI once in a week, to once in a month, or the Police can invite his client at any point they need him to assist in investigations.<\/p>\n The court presided over by Mrs. Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa, however, refused to grant the plea by the defence counsel, and maintained the bail conditions, but asked that both parties should co-operate so that by the next adjourned date, they would know whether they were ready to start or not.<\/p>\n She said these were issues of people\u2019s rights, and both sides must take keen interest, to ensure that everything went well. .<\/p>\n At the last sitting, the case was adjourned, after the prosecution prayed the court for a short adjournment to allow it to complete its investigations, saying the complicated nature of the case had compelled it to ask for more time to be able to complete investigations before commencing the trial.<\/p>\n Imoro has pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing GH\u00a2 86.9 million belonging to the government of Ghana through the payment of ghost or non-existing service personnel.<\/p>\n