The former Board Chairman further added that it was not only a query his Board sent to Mr Ernest Thompson, but the Board also ordered an audit of the costs accumulation involved that could have made the OBS price more than double, at the time. I’m only telling you that Ernest Thompson will go and make his case before a proper court of law and not before the media.”Alabi said he won’t be happy the least if the issue lands Ernest Thompson in court.“Why do you think I will be happy that a colleague is going to court? I am very confident that Ernest Thompson will make his case and this is not the media now trying him. This is not the media trying Ernest Thompson. The court is going to try him and for that matter, Ernest will make his case,” he told Kyenkyenhene of GhanaWeb.The SSNIT Board had said in a press briefing that Mr Ernest Thompson had been arrested and charged with causing financial loss to the state, a declaration the Attorney General Gloria Akufo denied.

Source: GhanaWeb April 25, 2018 11:15 UTC