General News of Saturday, 8 February 2020Source: 3news.comRevealed: AG’s witness ‘procured’ COCOBOD board member to tell EOCO he drank fertilizerDr. Yaw Adu-AmpomahDr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah, third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr. Stephen Opuni and Seidu Agongo, was stunned when it was revealed that he actually procured the services of a board member of COCOBOD to tell EOCO that he drank fertilizer. The court also heard that another person the witness directed to EOCO to report that he drank lithovit fertilizer in place of water, to prove that the fertilizer was not efficacious, rather went and praised the product. “None of these two ever told you they drank lithovit fertilizer,” the lawyer asserted, but the witness insisted, “my Lord they did. “In fact Mr Emanuel Obeng said at EOCO that lithovit fertilizer is very good for young and matured cocoa,” lawyer Nutsukpui told the witness. He also admitted in court that no farmer complained about lithovit fertilizer to any of the divisions under COCOBOD or any extension officer of CHED.

Source: GhanaWeb February 08, 2020 10:07 UTC