YAW OSAFO MAAFO vs. ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIMES OFFICE [2012]DLHC8672

Date	2012-03-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AHR 8/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLHC8672

DENNIS D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL

[2012]DLHC8672
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAW OSAFO MAAFO<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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ORGANISED CRIMES OFFICE<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. AHR 8/2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
28TH MARCH, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DENNIS
D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DENNIS
ADJEI, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff per his writ of summons is claiming against the defendant for:<o:p></o:p>“(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; A declaration that the purported
investigations being undertaken by the Defendant into the so-called “suspected serious
offences including fraud in the award and execution of contract for the
construction of stadia for CAN 2008”, and the invitation of the plaintiff
herein to assist Defendant in those investigations, are actuated by bias and
prejudice and therefore, unlawful under the Constitution, 1992.<o:p></o:p>(ii)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that&nbsp; all the circumstances involving the payment
of the colossal sum 58,095,974.13 Ghana Cedis of&nbsp; money to Alfred Woyome and the acts
utterances of the&nbsp; president,&nbsp; the Deputy-Attorney General and the
Defendant&nbsp; disable the Defendant from
acting in a manner which is fair and reasonable.<o:p></o:p>(iii)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the
purported investigations being&nbsp;
undertaken by the Defendant into the so-called :suspected serious offences
including fraud in the award and execution of contract for the construction of
stadia for CAN 2008”, and&nbsp; the invitation
of the plaintiff herein to assist Defendant in those investigations, are
unlawful to the extent that they are issues raised in a report of the
Auditor-General duly laid before parliament;<o:p></o:p>(iv)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant form proceeding with&nbsp; the investigations into so-called “suspected serious
offences including fraud in the award and execution of contract for the
construction of stadia for CAN 2008”.<o:p></o:p>(v)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other relief as to this
Honurable Court may deem fit”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
brief facts of the case are that the defendant per a letter dated 5th
January, 2012 invited the defendant, a&nbsp;
former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports pursuant to section 19(1)
of the Economic and Organized Crime&nbsp; Act,
2010. (Act 804) to appear before the defendant’s Executive Director on 10th
January, 2012 at 10:00a.m. The purpose of the invitation was that the defendant
is investigating Suspected Serious offences including fraud in the&nbsp; award and execution of contract for the&nbsp; construction&nbsp;
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