Former Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has accused Deputy Attorney-General, Justice Srem Sai, of misleading the public over claims that lawyers had access to former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO, Abdul-Wahab Hanan, following his re-arrest by the Economic and Organised Crime Office.
Speaking on Ekosii Sen on Asempa FM, Mr. Dame insisted that lawyers representing Mr. Hanan and his wife were denied access to their clients for two days while they remained in EOCO custody.
“It’s untrue. The lawyers from our office were there. It started on Tuesday; the lawyers were there for a long while and continued to yesterday but were denied access,” he stated.
According to him, although food was delivered to Mr. Hanan during the period, a lawyer who attempted to accompany the food and meet the client was prevented from doing so.
Mr. Dame further revealed that after interrogations conducted on Thursday, no fresh charges were brought against the former Buffer Stock CEO.
“Today there was interrogation. No new charges; there was no fresh evidence,” he said.
He questioned why EOCO continued to detain Mr. Hanan if authorities allegedly had no substantial case against him.
“If it was true they were looking for him and didn’t find him, then why were they keeping him?” he asked.
The former Attorney-General argued that no meaningful interrogation of a represented suspect should take place without legal counsel present.
“There is no way any meaningful interrogation of an accused person who is represented can take place in the absence of his counsel,” he stressed.
Mr. Dame also maintained that earlier charges against Mr. Hanan had been withdrawn, insisting that there is currently no pending case against his client.
“As far as I am concerned, the old charges they have withdrawn, so there is no case pending,” he stated.
He further accused the government of targeting former appointees as part of political promises linked to the Operation Recover All Loot initiative.
“All these cases are just a product of propaganda promises of the NDC,” he alleged.
Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem Sai has dismissed claims that Mr. Hanan was denied access to legal representation, describing the allegations as baseless and misleading.
Source: adomonline.com
