Court rejects Mustapha Abdul-Hamid’s adjournment plea, orders trial to resume tomorrow

The Accra High Court has rejected an open-court plea by lead counsel for former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, seeking a long adjournment of the trial.

Joseph Kpemka, lead counsel for Abdul-Hamid, had prayed the court for an adjournment on grounds of ill health, exhaustion, and the upcoming bar conference.

The accused persons had filed an application to strike out the charge sheet, but the court dismissed it, paving the way for the pre-trial process to continue.