The Akuapem North Municipal Director of Medical Services has denied any involvement in the alleged $4 million National Communications Authority (NCA) scandal.
Dr Nana Owusu Ensaw, a former board member of the NCA and third accused person, testified that he did not receive any money relating to the alleged scandal, neither was he the conduit through which the other accused persons allegedly received the money.
Dr Ensaw was presenting his defence to the court, presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, with additional responsibility as a High Court judge.
Five persons — Dr Ensaw, William Matthew Tetteh Tevie, a former Director-General of the NCA; Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, a former Board Chairman of the NCA; Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman, a former Deputy National Security Coordinator, and George Derek Oppong, a businessman — have been accused of stealing $3 million out of $4 million of state funds said to be for the purchase of a cyber security surveillance equipment, known as the Pegasus machine, for the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which was sponsored by the NCA.
The accused persons have been charged with diverse counts of wilfully causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy, money laundering, among other charges.
They have pleaded not guilty to all the charges and are currently on bail in the sum of $1 million each.
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