THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC AND ORGANIZED CRIME OFFICE vs. DANIEL DUKU AND JOSEPH AMANKWAH DUKU

This is a Ruling on an application brought for and on behalf of the Executive Director Economic and Organised Crime Office (hereafter referred to as “the Applicant”. The antecedents of the application are that on the 10th day of August, 2020 the Applicant herein filed a Motion Notice for the discharge of the Consolidated Bank Ghana Ltd Bank Account numbered 0773415100001 belonging to the within-named 2nd Respondent. In essence the basis for the application is grounded in paragraph 20 of the affidavit in support regarding investigation and trial of the 1st Respondent who is the erstwhile Chief Executive Officer of the Venture Capital Trust Fund. The 2nd Respondent is the son of the 1st Respondent and a customer of the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited with account numbers 0773415100001 and 100006636793. The Applicant says that on the 10th day of July, 2020 the High Court Accra (Land Division 1) presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony Oppong, Appeal Court Judge Sittin...