31
Mar
The case of Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, former Chief Executive of COCOBOD, and two others standing trial on 27 counts of willfully causing financial loss to the state, has been put before a new Judge. Appearing before one of the Land Courts today, the prosecution led by Chief State Attorney (CSA) Evelyn Keelson entreated the court to adopt the previous court proceedings as starting the trial ‘De Novo’ would amount to an injustice. The state contended that the matter had travelled to the Supreme Court and various rulings had been delivered. It noted that it had closed its case two…