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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed a nolle prosequi to terminate the prosecution of three out of four persons who failed to declare their property and income.
The OSP is doing a lifestyle audit on the three and therefore charged them for non-declaration of assets.
Declaration of assets after charge
Following the commencement of the prosecution, the three have gone on to submit their asset declaration forms hence the termination of the legal proceedings against them by the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP).
The High Court in Accra has therefore gone ahead to discharge the three reports the Ghana News Agency (GNA)
The officers are James Keck Osei, a civil servant working at the Office of the Vice President, John Abban, and Peter Archibald Hyde, both senior custom officials.
A fourth person, Issah Seidu, another public servant, is however still in court for non declaration of property and income..
The Office of the Special Prosecutor entered the nolle prosequi to terminate the prosecution of the three out of four persons on April 19, 2023.
The termination of the trial was because the three have now fully complied with the directive.
The substantive case is still under investigations.
