RULING
Introduction and background to the application
This is a ruling on an application presented by the Special Prosecutor (applicant herein) seeking the confirmation of an administrative freezing order it had issued against the properties of the respondents pursuant to Sections 38, 39 and 40 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) otherwise referred to in this ruling as the OSP Act. The properties which are the subject of the present application have been listed in the body of the motion paper. Those properties comprise vehicles and jewelries of the respondents. The applicant has supported the motion with an affidavit deposed to by Enoch Frimpong Boateng.
The respondents have all been served with the motion. They have all reacted to the motion by filing affidavits in opposition to the grant of the present motion. The 1st and 2nd respondents shared a common affidavit in opposition deposed to by Samuel Elike Klu with their authority. The 3rd respondent h…