Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah Yeboah has insisted that the prosecution of persons involved in the collapse of uniBank was not only justified but already well underway before the current Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, took over.

Speaking on The Pulse on JoyNews, Mr Tuah Yeboah responded to recent comments by the Attorney General suggesting that the case lacked strength and had little chance of success.

He firmly rejected that view, stating, "Respectfully, I disagree with the learned AG. This case happened in 2020. We called the receiver; in fact, he was our star witness."

Explaining further, he said, "The receiver appointed by the BoG; he went through the books and came out with the figures that we used in filing the charge sheet. He came to testify; he was pre-examined. We also called our second witness, PW2. So if there is this saying that we didn’t do anything apart from filing it, that cannot be true."

Mr Tuah Yeboah also addressed claims that no money had been recovered from the case.

"A point has been made that no recovery was made. The AG knows that before he took over, GH₵300 million, the amount that we charged the BoG with, has been recovered," he stated.

He stressed that despite a recovery of funds, the case should have gone forward to ensure justice was served.

"We had the view that if someone did something untoward regarding finances, and we are able to recover even 100%, the next step must be taken to also, in a way, punish the person, either getting the person in prison or letting the person pay interest in addition to the original amount," he argued.

Mr Tuah Yeboah defended the work that had already been done on the case, pointing out that it went through different levels of the legal system.

"This is a case where we took a serious test; we filed our charges and lined up our witnesses to prosecute it. It went to the Court of Appeal; it came back, and we reached various objections."

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Reacting directly to the Attorney General’s claim that the charges were weak and the possibility of conviction was minimal, Mr Tuah Yeboah said, "I heard the AG say that he has examined the file and realised that the charges are weak and the possibility of conviction was very minimal. I beg to differ."