Private legal practitioner and former legislator, John Ndebugri, is not convinced about the reasons given by the judge who jailed some former officials of the National Communication Authority (NCA) in the $4 million eavesdropping device scandal.
Three former members of the NCA Board were given prison sentences of a total of 16 years for their roles in the “clandestine” purchase of cybersecurity equipment worth over $4 million.
A former Board Chairman of the NCA, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie was on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, sentenced to six years imprisonment while a former Director-General of NCA, William Tetteh Tevie was sentenced to five years imprisonment for causing financial loss to the state.
Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman, a former Deputy National Security Coordinator was also sentenced to five years imprisonment.
A businessman, Derrick Oppong who was implicated in the case was however acquitted and discharged on all charges against him.
Also another accused person, Nana Owusu Ensaw was acquitted and discharged by the court of appeal before the judgment on Tuesday.
The case was presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour. Sharing his opinion on the issue on Eyewitness News, the former legislator for the Zebilla constituency said he may not be in agreement with the reasons provided by the judge.
Meanwhile, Mr Ndebugri said he was satisfied with the case where Auditor-General (AG), Daniel Domelevo was found guilty of contempt of court.
Mr. Domelevo was found guilty of contempt for failing to respond to a suit in which the Senior Minister was challenging a $1m surcharge on him.
The judge, Justice Botwe, had said the evidence before the court showed that Mr. Domelevo was properly served and should have done the right thing.
In her ruling, however, she noted that due to the important role the Auditor-General plays, she will opt to caution and discharge him instead of sentencing him.
Source: Fiilafmonline/JoyNews
