A new High Court Judge has taken over the case involving the former Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda and four others who have been charged with causing financial loss of $200m to the state over the Affordable Housing Project at Saglemi.
The new judge, Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, will preside over the case since Justice Comfort Tasiame, who presided over the case initially has proceeded on leave.
Graphic Online reported that when the case was called on Monday, October 25, 2021, the prosecution claimed they will need six weeks to file its disclosures and witness statements.
The presiding judge ordered the prosecution to file all relevant documents before December 22, 2021, a date set by the court for Case Management Conference (CMC).
In August 2021, the former Minister of Works and Housing; Alhaji Collins Dauda and four others who are identified as Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, Andrew Clocanas and Nouvi Tetteh Angelo pleaded not guilty to charges they were accused of and were admitted to bail.
The charges against them included willfully causing financial loss to the state, dishonestly causing loss to public property, misapplying public property and issuing false certificates.