Wanting prosecution witness, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah recoiled under cross-examination as he shied away from claims made during his evidence-in-chief that contracts between COCOBOD and Agricult Ghana Limited from 2014 to 2016 were investigated by a committee he headed. The witness who has been caught in some instances contradicting himself, especially on sole-sourcing, has been testifying against the former CEO of …

Dr Yaw Adu- Ampomah, the third prosecution witness in the trial involving Dr Stephen Opuni and one Seidu Agongo, has said it was scientists at Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), who recommend companies for the restrictive bidding. He said COCOBOD could not recommend companies for the bidding without the expert advice from the scientists at CRIG. Mr Samuel Cudjoe, …

Attempts by lawyers for Seidu Agongo, the man standing trial with Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, for their alleged cause of financial loss to the state in series of fertiliser deals to tender a document as evidence has been rejected by the Accra High Court. Lead counsel for Agongo, Mr Benson Nutsukpui, wanted to tender the document through the second prosecution …