‘There is no emergency’ – Godfred Dame criticises vacation hearing in Abdul-Hamid case

Former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has criticised the decision to hear proceedings involving former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Hamid during the legal vacation, arguing that there is no urgency to justify the court's action.

Read also: Accra High court halts Buffer Stock trial pending Supreme Court ruling on vacation sittings This comes at a time whe the Accra High Court has suspended proceedings in the criminal trial of Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, pending the determination of an injunction application before the Supreme Court challenging the conduct of trials during the legal vacation.

Recalling a case involving the Electoral Commission in 2012, which he handled alongside a former Attorney General, he said the Supreme Court heard an application for an interlocutory injunction during the vacation because of the proximity of the general election.