Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, will today, July 28, shed more light on the unibank legal case that was recently withdrawn by the state as he provides an update to the public over work done by his outfit as part of the Government Accountability Series.

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine has withdrawn the state’s legal case against Kwabena Duffuor, a shareholder of defunct uniBank Ghana Limited (uniBank) and owner of HODA Holdings Company Limited (HODA), and seven other accused.

The accused were charged with 68 counts of the following offenses: (i) conspiracy to commit fraudulent breach of trust; (ii) fraudulent breach of trust; (iii) money laundering; (iv) dishonest receiving; (v) contravention of the Bank of Ghana Act, 2002 (Act 612); (vi) willfully causing financial loss to the state; (vii) conspiracy to falsify accounts; and (viii) falsification of accounts.

The Attorney-General in a statement, provided an explanation for entering a nolle prosequi in the case of The Republic v. Kwabena Duffour & 7 Others, although the exercise of this prosecutorial discretion requires no explanation under law. The A-G explained that the central objective of these prosecutions was to ensure accountability for public funds and recover losses occasioned to the state through various alleged acts of financial impropriety.