Asɛnnibea a Ɛhwɛ Nsɛm a Yɛatwe Nsɔwano So (Court of Appeal) bɛsrɛ kwan afiri Atsɛmbuafo Panyin (Chief Justice) hɔ sɛ wɔbɛtena ase wɔ mmara asɛnnibea ahomegye berɛ mu de abu atɛn wɔ Ɔman Mmara Soafoɔ (Attorney-General) ntɛmpɔw mpaemuka a ɛfa mpaefoɔ a wɔayɛ sɛ wɔngyina gyinaeɛ a asɛnnibea no siiɛ no so (stay of execution) wɔ asɛm a ɛfa MASLOC Panyin Kɛseɛ kan no, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu ho no.

Adesrɛ krataa a wɔde kɔtoo dwa wɔ Yawoada, Kitawonsa 30 no, hwehwɛ sɛ wɔgyina Court of Appeal gyinaeɛ a ɛmaa Awuraa Tamakloe Attionu ho kɔɔ korɔgyenn na wɔagyae no no tumi so, kɔsi sɛ Asɛnnibea Kɛseɛ (Supreme Court) bɛbu Ɔman no adesrɛ foforɔ no ho atɛn.

Eyi baeɛ berɛ a asɛnnibea no daa nsɛm fie tenabea berɛ reduru mmara asɛnnibea ahomegye berɛ mu, a ɛhyɛ aseɛ Ɔsaafow 1 na ɛwie Ɔsannaa 30 (September 30).

Wɔ asɛnnibea mmara a ɛfata ase, a Order 79 Rule 4 a ɛwɔ High Court Civil Procedure Rules, C.I. 47 ka ho no, asɛnnibea ahodoɔ taa di ahomegye berɛ a saa berɛ no mu no daa nsɛm a wɔtie no so te.

Nanso, Atsɛmbuafo Panyin (Chief Justice) wɔ tumi sɛ ɔma asɛnnibea ahodoɔ kwan sɛ wɔntena ase wɔ saa berɛ yi mu sɛ nsɛm a ɛsi no hwehwɛ saa a.

Order 79 Rule 1 a Ɛwɔ C.I. 47 mu kyerɛ sɛ, Ɛgyina Courts Act so a, Atsɛmbuafo Panyin betumi apaw da biara, a ahomegye berɛ mu nna ka ho, de tie nsɛm.

Wɔtaa de saa tumi yi di dwuma denam krataa titiriw (special fiat) so, a ɛma asɛnnibea ahodoɔ kwan sɛ wɔndi ntɛmpɔw nsɛm ho dwuma berɛ a asɛnnibea ahomegye berɛ da so wɔ hɔ no.

Ɔman Mmara Soafoɔ no adesrɛ a ɛfa stay of execution ho no, Principal State Attorney Hilda W. Craig na de kɔtoo dwa de gyinaa ɔman no ananmu, na Assistant State Attorney Andrew Owusu-Agyemang nsuam krataa (affidavit) na ɛtaa akyi.

Ɔman no gye akyinnyeɛ sɛ Court of Appeal gyinaeɛ no de deɛ wɔfrɛ no “atsɛntrenee mu mfonini kɛseɛ” (substantial miscarriage of justice) baeɛ wɔ mmara ne nsɛm a ɛsiieɛ ho mfomsoɔ a wɔaka sɛ ɛsiiɛ no nti.

Ɔman Mmara Soafoɔ no kura mu sɛ asɛntwerɛ a wɔagye ato hɔ de kɔ Supreme Court no de mmara nsɛm a ɛho hia kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɛbɛdi nkonim ba, na ɔgye akyinnyeɛ sɛ sɛ wɔangyina atɛmmuo no so a, Supreme Court asɛntwerɛ no betumi ayɛ kwa sɛ atɛmmuo a wɔde gyaa no no kɔ so fa tumi a.

Adesrɛ no ho ntɛmpɔw no bata berɛ a Court of Appeal de ne atɛmmuo maeɛ no ho, a wɔde maeɛ wɔ Kitawonsa 30, da koro pɛ ansa na asɛnnibea ahomegye berɛ hyɛɛ aseɛ.

Sɛ wɔpene stay of execution no so a, Court of Appeal gyinaeɛ no tumi bɛgyina hɔ kɔsi sɛ Supreme Court bɛbu ɔman no asɛntwerɛ no ho atɛn.

Nsesa yi baeɛ kyɛn yi akyi a Atsɛmbuafoɔ mmiɛnsa a wɔwɔ Court of Appeal no bom yɛɛ adwene de guu Awuraa Tamakloe Attionu afiase da 10 ne afɔdie atɛmmuo no so.

Atsɛmbuafoɔ no, a Emmanuel Ankamah, Emmanuel Senyo Amedahe ne Samuel Obeng-Diawuo ka ho, kyerɛeɛ sɛ amanfoɔ a wɔde asɛm no baeɛ no antumi ankyerɛ asɛm no mu akyinnyeɛ biara nni mu na wɔhuu mfomsoɔ wɔ sɛnea asɛnnibea a ɛdi kan dii asɛm no ho dwuma no mu.

Wɔbuee afɔdie bɔɔ Awuraa Tamakloe Attionu a na ɔnni hɔ wɔ High Court wɔ Oforisuo 2024 mu wɔ kɔkɔbɔ ahodoɔ a ɛbi ne sɛ ɔde sika sɛeɛ brɛɛ ɔman no, korɔn, sika so a wɔhyɛ de yɛ bɔne (money laundering) ne mmarato so dwumadie a ɛde sika ka brɛɛ aban.

Atɛmmuo no ama mpaepaemu baa mmaraanimfoɔ ne amanyɔfoɔ ntam, ma Ɔman Mmara Soafoɔ kyerɛeɛ sɛ ɔman no bɛkɔ Supreme Court de akɔdi Court of Appeal gyinaeɛ no ho akyinnyeɛ.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) nso akasa atia fawodie a wɔde maame yi maeɛ no na wɔaka sɛ wɔbɛfa mmara kwan ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ hɔ so de adi asɛm no ho dwuma.