‘My lawyer is ill and in and out of hospital’- Hanan explains Dame’s absence from court

In a letter dated August 5, Mr Dame informed the Chief Justice that he would not participate in proceedings scheduled during the legal vacation, maintaining that commencing the trial during the period departed from established judicial practice.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has explained the absence of his lead counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, from proceedings at the Accra High Court.

Mr Dame had earlier written to Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie objecting to the decision to proceed with the trial during the vacation.