THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC & ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, ACCRA vs. NICHOLAS ANAMO

TANKO AMADU J.A (1) By its ruling dated 19th March 2018, the High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division) delivered itself as follows:- “In the current circumstances, there is no question that this court acquitted the Respondent/Applicant on all the charges brought against him on the 18th of October 2017. In such a case, by the provisions of Act 504, this court has no discretion than to release the funds/account frozen by it”. The application is therefore granted by it. (2) By notice filed to this court on 19/3/2019, the Applicant/ Appellant (hereinafter referred to as “the Appellant”) appealed against the ruling on one ground of appeal formulated and set out as follows:- “The ruling is in error of law”. (3) In the said notice, the Appellant expressed an intention to file an additional ground of appeal upon receipt of the full record of proceedings. We need to place on record that at the time this appeal was heard and reserved for judgment, no such additio...