The presiding judge, Eric Baffour, gave the directive after establishing that there is enough basis for the prosecution of the five. According to the ruling, enough basis has been established against four of the accused persons on all 17 charges, to which they should open their defense. The State says the National Security didn't have the money to fund the transaction, therefore, the NCA which has supervisory jurisdiction over the use of such equipment, was asked to fund the project. The officials withdrew $4 million from the accounts of the NCA and paid $1 million into the accounts of the Israeli company. According to immediate-past Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, the entire deal was fronted by Alhaji Osman.

Source: GhanaWeb May 23, 2019 18:56 UTC