A former Director of finance at COCOBOD, Mr. Charles Tetteh Dodoo says all letters concerning procurements are written by the procurement Unit and signed by the Chief Executive.
He emphasised that there is no instance where the Chief Executive will write procurement letters and sign as well.
Mr. Tetteh Dodoo said this when he continued his Evidence-In-Chief in the case of the Republic vs Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others at the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court.
This was after Defence Counsel, Samuel Codjoe showed a letter to him asking him whether he knew the writer of the said letter.
Answering in the affirmative he told the Court that the letter was written by the Procurement Unit. It was addressed to the Executive Director of the PPA and was taken for approval to Sole Source a number of fertilisers. He said it’s untrue for the prosecution to say that the said letter was written by the First Accused person.
He explained that the letter was written by the Procurement Unit with input from CODAPEC.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Clemence Honyenuga upheld an objection raised by the Director of Public Prosecution Yvonne Attakora Oboubisa that the questions on the said exhibit should be disallowed and all other references to the exhibit should be expunged.
The judge said that upon hearing the DPP, on her objection of the said exhibit and for the First Accused in his response to the objection it is clear that the decision of the Supreme Court by Majority on the 26th of October this year at page 21 stated clearly as follows and I quote “I will review the decision of July 2021 of restoring the high Court’s ruling excluding the exhibits. It is therefore clear that the said exhibit was not restored by the Supreme Court in the circumstances, the reference to exhibit 62 cannot stand and all references are of no effect”.
The Court however upheld the objection with all references of exhibit 62 expunged.”
The Case has been adjourned to the 9th of December, 2021.
