The sentences have generated debate on social media with many users on both Facebook and Twitter describing the ruling as lenient. Defence of Accused PersonsAll the accused persons when they took turns to open their defense testified on their own and none called any defense witnesses in support of their cases. The accused persons the Court said were in a conspiratorial drill to cause financial loss to the State. Justice Eric Kyei Baffour sentenced the accused persons as follows, A1, is sentenced to six years in prison, A2 to five years and A4 to five years in Prison with hard labour. A local agent, Infraloks Development Limited, charged $2 million to facilitate the transaction, bringing the total sum to $8 million.

Source: GhanaWeb May 13, 2020 09:11 UTC