General News of Wednesday, 24 August 2016Source: kasapafmonline.comI felt sad when I saw Tsikata almost dying at Nsawam – Esther CobbahMr. Tsatsu TsikataThe Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa), Esther A. N Cobbah has described the incarceration of her husband as the dark days the family had to go through until he[Tsatsu Tsikata] was released from jail. Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata was incarcerated under the Kufuor regime, for causing financial loss to the state. sentenced in June 2008 by an Accra Fast Track High Court to five years imprisonment , for willfully causing financial loss to the state and misapplying public property. He is said to have intentionally misapplied GH¢ 2,000 (20 million old cedis) to acquire shares in Valley Farms. Mr. Tsikata was granted presidential pardon in January 2009, by then President Kufuor, after he had an asthmatic attack that nearly killed him.

Source: GhanaWeb August 24, 2016 21:11 UTC