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Akufo-Addo rejects claims Tsikata's prosecution was witch-hunting
Tsatsu Tsikata was jailed in the final year of the erstwhile Kufour administration in 2008 for woefully causing financial loss to the state.
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He was subsequently pardoned after he fell ill in prison and was rushed to the hospital.
Tsikata rejected the pardon and appealed against the high court ruling that saw him in jail.
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Earlier this week, the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's ruling.
"The judgment of the High Court was a miscarriage of justice because it did not give Mr Tsikata a fair opportunity to defend himself,” the trial judge said.
However, speaking in a joint interview with Joy FM and Citi FM Friday, Akufo-Addo rejected claims that Mr Tsikata was persecuted.
He said: “the idea that there is witch-hunting because people are tried is unfortunate. It is yet another attempt to try and politicise situations that ought not to be.
"I think we all have to accept that the mere fact that someone is a minister or politician doesn’t put them above the law. Even the president is not above the law… and we have seen this all over the world.”
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Asked if he was embarrassed by the Court of Appeal's decision, he said: "that is what courts do."
"They may give a determination of who is innocent and who is guilty. Those in the judiciary cannot make that determination. All that one can do is to bring facts before the court to look at, and the court will look at whether the facts brought before them constitute an offence or not,” he said.
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