K.T Hammond sues Justice Apau
In the suit, KT Hammond is seeking the expunction of his name from the Judgement Debt Commission’s report specifically in relation to purported criminal dealings relating to the sale of the drill ship.
According to the MP, the Commissioner of the Judgment Debt Commission, Justice Apau “showed apparent and real bias in favour of Mr.Tsatsu Tsikata, a witness before the commission.”
The Commission’s report essentially demanded that KT Hammond provide explanations as to how the $900 million that was accrued from the sale of the drill ship was disbursed.
KT Hammond has found it necessary to seek redress in court after, Government in its White Paper on the conclusions of the Judgment Debt Commission directed the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate him.
Mr. Hammond, who had earlier described the report as ‘bogus’, gave the assurance he would appear before EOCO if invited.
K.T Hammond in his writ, however said he finds it surprising that the purported report fell short of indicting Tsatsu Tsikata, who was the Chief Executive Officer of the GNPC “under whose watch all these matters had arisen.”
He further in his writ observed that Justice Apau [who was then an Appeals Court Judge] recused himself from a case involving Tsatsu Tsikata hence “having expressed such bias, the learned judge was legally disabled, as a sole Commissioner, to sit on the matter of the Drillship which involved his ‘more than brother’ Mr. Tsikata.” Mr. Apau was quoted by the Enquirer Newspaper in its November 30, 2008 edition as saying “I don’t have the moral courage.
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