Bank Of Ghana Summoned To Produce Capital Bank Accounts Statement
The High Court in Accra has issued a subpoena for the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, to appear before it on March 10, 2022, or instruct someone official to appear on his behalf.
According to the court, the Governor or his official must attend and submit Capital Bank’s statement of accounts from June 2015 to August 2017.
After counsel for William Ato Essien, the first accused individual facing allegations involving theft, requested that a bank employee give the bank’s statement of accounts so that he could present his defense, the Court issued the order.
After Dr. Isaac Nyame, Chartered Accountant testified as to the first Defence Witness for Ato Essien in court on Thursday, March 3, 2022, the court stated that the aforementioned official should appear on March 10th.
Lawyer Baffour Gyawu Bonsu Ashia, counsel for Ato Essien said, “when we had the case management, I indicated to the court that by way of subpoena, we pray the court to make an order directed at the governor of Bank of Ghana or any senior official of the Bank of Ghana to produce the statement of account of the capital bank between June 2015 and August 2017.”
The request was granted by the court, which was presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, a Justice of the Court of Appeal who also served as a High Court judge.
“I accede to the request of learned counsel for the first accused and order the registrar of the court to seal a subpoena directed at the Governor of Bank of Ghana who shall direct the appropriate department of the bank of Ghana that is in charge of the statement of account of commercial banks to produce the bank statements of the capital bank (now in receivership) from June 2015 to August 2017,” the court directed.
The court said, “an official of the bank of Ghana is to appear in court on the 10 March 2022 at 11a.m to tender the statement of account before the court.”
