NPP describes Tamakloe acquittal as “travesty of justice,” demands Wontumi discharge

Meanwhile, the Attorney General has directed the Director of Public Prosecutions to immediately file an appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal's decision, together with an application for a stay of execution of the judgment.

The Attorney General must render a full public account of every case involving persons affiliated to the governing party that has been discontinued, withdrawn or otherwise terminated since January 2025, together with the reasons therefor.

The party described his conviction and sentence of 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour as "politically motivated and procured without sufficient evidence," adding that his lawyers have set out more than 20 grounds of appeal now pending before the Court of Appeal.