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The High Court in Accra says it is waiting for the outcome of the Court of Appeals decision in the case involving investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and former Ghana Football Association (GFA)&nbsp;President,&nbsp;Kwesi&nbsp;Nyantakyi,&nbsp;before moving on with the case.

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Evans Annang

The&nbsp;court&nbsp;set April 30, 2024, as the deadline for the first witness to appear before it&nbsp;or&nbsp;the accused persons will&nbsp;be discharged&nbsp;and&nbsp;the case will&nbsp;be dismissed.

The&nbsp;court, in February, said, “If by April, no meaningful steps have&nbsp;been taken, Nyantakyi will&nbsp;be discharged.”

The accused’s lawyer&nbsp;hence&nbsp;prayed the&nbsp;court&nbsp;to dismiss the case, reminding the&nbsp;court&nbsp;of its earlier pronouncement of dismissing the case if the prosecution is not in&nbsp;court&nbsp;on April 30, 2024.

He cited the inconvenience caused by the second accused (Abdulai Alhassan), who has to travel from Tamale to Accra anytime the case&nbsp;is called&nbsp;and&nbsp;the inconvenience caused by the first accused (Kwesi Nyantakyi) by the state not opening their case as the basis for the case to “come to an end at a point in time.”

Reymond Awusei Johnson

The&nbsp;court, however,&nbsp;said it had received two letters signed by the substantive attorney for the state&nbsp;all&nbsp;dated April 26, 2024, with both letters indicating the&nbsp;said&nbsp;counsel’s request for an adjournment due to her&nbsp;being called up&nbsp;for “an official assignment.”

The&nbsp;Court&nbsp;also recounted that, due to pending interlocutory appeals – one by the prosecution and another by Kwasi Nyantakyi in May 2023 about the mode of testimony of the Anas, the&nbsp;court&nbsp;was reluctant not to discharge the accused.

The&nbsp;Court&nbsp;stated that&nbsp;“if&nbsp;no meaningful steps were taken&nbsp;toward the&nbsp;appeal&nbsp;the accused would&nbsp;be discharged.”

“In addition, the prosecution was to call the other witnesses whose evidence would not be affected by the outcome of the decision to be taken by the&nbsp;court.

“It was further emphasized&nbsp;that the minimal role of each witness whose witness statement has&nbsp;been filed&nbsp;is to contribute to an element to&nbsp;be proven&nbsp;to the charges filed by the prosecution,”&nbsp;the&nbsp;Court&nbsp;said.

The case has&nbsp;been adjourned&nbsp;to June 10, 2024.

Testify without a mask or we’ll dismiss your case against Nyantakyi – Court instructs Anas

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