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I won’t be part of this selective justice – Atta Akyea rejects Adu-Boahene trial during legal vacation
Speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story on Tuesday, August 11, Samuel Atta Akyea questioned why the case was being treated differently from other criminal matters during the legal vacation.
The directive followed proceedings on Tuesday, August 11, when Mr Adu-Boahene and his wife appeared in court without their legal team.
Justice Francis Apangabonu Achibonga, a Court of Appeal judge sitting as an additional High Court judge, further directed that should the accused persons decline to conduct the cross-examination themselves, the witness would be discharged.
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