Former Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has defended the work of investigators and state prosecutors in the prosecution of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, insisting the case was built on extensive evidence.
Commenting on the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge the former MASLOC boss, Tuah-Yeboah said the investigation that preceded the prosecution was thorough and professionally conducted.
“On the evidence on record, I can state without any fear of contradiction that the investigators did a thorough job,” he said on Joy News.
According to him, the prosecution team from the Attorney-General’s Department invested considerable time and effort in preparing the case.
“The prosecutors from the Attorney-General’s office, the ladies, spent sleepless nights combing through voluminous documents to get evidence on record,” he stated.
Tuah-Yeboah, who played a role in the prosecution while serving as Deputy Attorney-General, said the case was not one that had been hastily assembled, noting that it had taken several years to progress through the courts.
“This particular matter travelled for over three to four years,” he said.
He argued that, based on the evidence presented during the trial, the prosecution had established a substantive case and therefore disagreed with the outcome reached by the Court of Appeal.
While indicating that he would study the full judgment once it became available, Tuah-Yeboah maintained that the work undertaken by investigators and prosecutors should not be overlooked in assessing the case and the issues raised by the appellate court.
