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THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
V.
CHARLES OWUSU & ORS

(2022) JELR 110025 (HC)

High Court 12 Jul 2022 Ghana
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- Application to confirm a posthumous freezing order under the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) was refused; the law requires that, upon the death of a suspect, a warrant for arrest must have been issued prior to death f

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Suit Number:FT/0040/2022
Judges:AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)
Counsel:MR. EMMANUEL BASINTALE PRESENT HOLDING THE BRIEF OF MR. KISSI AGYEBENG FOR THE APPLICANT MR. NANA OBIRI BOAHEN FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT WITH MR. SETH AGYAPONG OWARE

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This is an application for the confirmation of the order freezing suspected tainted property in respect of the estate of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Sir John, former Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission brought against the Respondents who are his Executors. The facts  of the case before the Court as can be gleaned from the motion paper, supporting affidavit and the affidavit in opposition are that the in May, 2022 certain matters pertaining to the Estate of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Sir John (hereafter also referred to as “the deceased” and “Sir John”)  came into the public domain by means of media reports to the effect that properties and assets listed in the Last Will and Testament of the late  Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Sir John and the circumstances of the acquisition of some major real property and the period of the acquisition caused the Applicant to commence preliminary investigations. In the course of the investigations, the Applicant has written …

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