HOT NEWS: Abuga Pele, Assibit jailed 18 years
A High Court has convicted a former top government official, Abuga Pele and a private service provider, Philip Assibit, after they were found guilty of 19 counts including dishonestly causing financial loss to the state. The Court was satisfied that the prosecution had proved 13 of the 19 counts Abuga Pele faced ranging from aiding and abetting crime to willfully causing financial loss to the state. Some of the counts included intentionally misapplying public property and dishonestly causing loss to public property. His counterpart Philip Akpeena Assibit who was CEO of Goodwill International Ghana (GIG) was found guilty of six of the 19 counts he faced including defrauding by false pretence. He flashed a smile while the judgment was being delivered. The two have since 2014 been before the court. Mr. Assibit is accused of putting in a false claim for payments to the tune of 3.3million cedis as services provided the then NYEP. This included developing an exit program...