[2021]DLHC10166 • May 7, 2021 • High Court
THE REPUBLIC vs. HAJIA HAWA NINCHEMA, SUMAILA EWUNTOMAH ABUDU, ALEX VADZE, ALHAJI ABDUL-MUMUNI JESEWUNDE, MARY-STELLA ADAPESA, MUMUNI YAKUBU NAMBE AND MAHAMA AYARIGA
The case concerns allegations against seven accused persons linked to the procurement of a used Mercedes Benz Sprinter ambulance for the Bawku Municipal Assembly without following proper procurement procedures. The accused include municipal officials and a Member of Parliament. The ambulance was procured using funds from the MP's common fund and the Health Directorate's National Insurance Fund. The procurement process allegedly involved forged documents, backdated quotations from companies linked to one accused, and failure to request quotations from multiple suppliers as required by law. The ambulance was branded as a donation from the MP, raising issues of misuse of public office.
read moreThis is a Ruling on whether or not the Accused Persons have a case to answer at the close of the Prosecution’s case. The antecedents of the case are that on the 5th of May 2019, the Office of the Special Prosecutor filed a charge sheet in which the accused persons are being held for the following offences; 1. There is under Count One, a charge of Conspiracy to Contravene the Procedure for Request for Quotation Contrary to Section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960(Act 29) and Sections 43(1) & 92(1) Of The Public Procurement Act, 2003(As Amended), Act 663, against A1, A2, A3, A4, and A6. 2. Under Count two, the named accused persons, Sumaila Ewuntomah Abudu (A2), Alex Vadze (A3), Alhaji Abdul-Mumuni Jesewunde (A4), and Mary-Stella Adapesa (A5) are charged with Abetment to Contravene the Procedure for Request for Quotation Contrary to Sections 20(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and 43(1) & 92(1) of the Public Procurement Act, 2003(As Amended) Act 663. 3. U.....