The Fast Track Court trying the case in which former Deputy Finance Minister, Victor Selormey, is being tried for causing financial loss of $1.2 million to the state, has ordered his defence counsel to produce Dr. Frederick Owusu Boadu before the court on July 26. Mr. Selormey is said to have transferred the money to Dr. Owusu Boadu of Leebda Corporation in the United States of America, as payment for a Court Computerization project.
Dr. Boadu is expected to tender vital documents in evidence on behalf of the defence. The judge, Mr. Sam Baddoo, says the court will proceed without the evidence if he does not make an appearance. He also asked the defence to be ready to close the case at the adjourned date if it was unable to produce Dr. Boadu since he was delaying proceedings.
The order was given after the Court refused an application by counsel for Selormey, to tender the documents in evidence through Mr. Sam Awortwi, a Commissioner of Police and head of the team that conducted investigations into the case.
The court insisted that it was unlawful for Mr. Awortwi to tender the documents since he did not author them. The case was therefore adjourned to July 26.
Source: GhanaWeb
