Wontumi’s lawyers only sought an adjournment, not to move motions – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has rejected claims that Chairman Wontumi's legal team was prevented from arguing pending applications before the High Court before his conviction and sentencing.

According to him, the lawyers who appeared in place of lead counsel, Samuel Atta Akyea, informed the court that their sole instruction was to seek an adjournment and not to move any of the pending motions."The third claim that my learned friend (counsel for Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea) also made, that the lawyers that they sent to the court were not allowed to move the motion.