Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman, Seidu Agongo have had charges against them dropped.
The state prosecution has dropped all 27 charges including including willfully causing financial loss to the state, , and contravention of the Public Procurement Act.in relation in relation to Lithovit foliar fertiliser transactions.
The State Attorney revealed the Attorney General ordered them to drop all charges against the duo, leading to the filing of withdrawal citing Section 59 Act 30.
The case which has been in court since 2018 where the two were charged with causing a financial loss of more than GH¢271 million to the state in a series of Lithovit foliar fertiliser transactions.
The prosecution alleged that Seidu Agongo’s company, Agricult Ghana Limited, supplied Lithovit Liquid Fertilizer to COCOBOD under questionable circumstances, with claims that the fertiliser was substandard and had not been tested or approved for use.
Dr. Opuni was accused of facilitating the deal and bypassing established procurement processes, allegedly causing financial loss to the state and endangering the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.
Both Dr Opuni and Seidu Agongo consistently maintained their innocence throughout the trial, pleading not guilty to all charges.
