[2020]DLCA8573 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC & ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, ACCRA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(APPLICANT/ APPELLANT</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">NICHOLAS ANAMO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT)</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">APPEAL NO.HI/7/2019 </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DATE: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">13<sup>TH</sup> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">FEB , 2020</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">CHARLES W. OFORI EAQ. (FOR: APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KORKOR OKUTU (MS) (FOR: RESPONDENT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., AMADU-TANKO J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent: -36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:17.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(1)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By its ruling dated 19<sup>th</sup> March 2018, the High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division) delivered itself as follows:-</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">“In the current circumstances, there is no question that this court acquitted the Respondent/Applicant on all the charges brought against him on the 18<sup>th</sup> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height: normal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align: justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:17.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(2)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By notice filed to this court on 19/3/2019, the Applicant/ Appellant <i>(hereinafter referred to as “the Appellant”)</i> appealed against the ruling on one ground of appeal formulated and set out as follows:- <b><i>“The ruling is in error of law”.</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align: justify;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:17.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB"">(3)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">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 a