Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has called on his successor, Dr , to 'free' the founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien.
Dame made this call in a write-up criticising Dr Ayine's decision to file a nolle prosequi in the case of former finance minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor and seven others, who were facing charges in connection with the collapse of the defunct uniBank.
He pointed out that Ato Essien was jailed over the collapse of his bank, which is the same reason Dr Duffuor and the seven others in the uniBank case are being prosecuted.
He stated that based on the same principle he relied on to make the decision to withdraw the case of the former finance minister, the Attorney General must also free Ato Essien, who is serving a 15-year jail term. "In Republic v.
