Expedite retrieval of documents to quicken hearing - DIC admonished
The Sole Commissioner of the Judgement Debt Commission, Mr Justice Yaw Apau, has charged the Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC) to expedite action on the retrieval of documents to facilitate the hearing of a case in which a judgement debt was alleged to have been fraudulently awarded to one Daniel Kofi Adobor.
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He also faulted the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department for complicity in facilitating the award of the judgement debt without due diligence.
Impersonation
“This is a serious case in which someone wants to take over something that does not belong to him and he seems to have been assisted by the A-G’s Department that failed to do due diligence,” Mr Justice Apau said.
Adobor had laid claim to the ownership of the Subin Timber Company when he appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) in 2000, saying he was the adopted son of the original owner of the company, the late Kofi Ohene, a claim that later turned out to be false.
The A-G’s Department, in handling the matter, had offered a compensation of GH¢400,000 to him, but he rejected the offer and insisted on reclaiming the company.
Confiscation
The Subin Timber Company, together with Central Logging and Sawmill Company, was confiscated to the State in 1982 and renamed Western Timbers.
The Executive Secretary of DIC, Mr Asakkua Agambilla, appeared before the commission yesterday and was supposed to assist the commission with documents on the case.
Mr Agambilla, however, said the subpoena to produce the said documents was brought to his attention only on Monday, August 4, 2014 and he therefore could not retrieve the document.
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He then pleaded with the commission to give him more time to produce the documents. He is to re-appear tomorrow.
Background
In 2000, Adobor appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) alleging that he was an adopted son of Mr Kofi Ohene, the owner of Subin Timbers Company at Apowa in the Western Region with concessions at Senkyire, Assin Fosu.
He claimed that before his said father died, he had entered into a partnership with an Italian, Ivo Fiorini, who had 49 per cent share in the company, while his father retained the remaining 51 per cent.
However, later developments established that Mr Adobor was not an adopted son of Mr Kofi Ohene and, therefore, could not lay claim to the said company.
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