THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC & ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, ACCRA vs. NICHOLAS ANAMO [2020]DLCA8573

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC & ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, ACCRA vs. NICHOLAS AN... [2020]DLCA8573

Date	2020-02-13
Suit No.	APPEAL NO.HI/7/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8573

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

AMADU-TANKO J.A.

CHARLES W. OFORI EAQ. (FOR: APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)

KORKOR OKUTU (MS) (FOR: RESPONDENT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA8573
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC
&amp; ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>NICHOLAS ANAMO<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO.HI/7/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 13TH FEB , 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES W. OFORI EAQ. (FOR:
APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KORKOR
OKUTU (MS)&nbsp; (FOR: RESPONDENT/APPLICANT/RESPONDENT<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADJEI J.A.
(PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., AMADU-TANKO J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>TANKO
AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By its ruling dated 19th
March 2018, the High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division) delivered
itself &nbsp;as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“In the current circumstances, there is no question that
this court acquitted the Respondent/Applicant on all the charges brought
against him on the 18th of October 2017.&nbsp; In such a case, by the provisions of Act 504,
this court has no discretion than to release the funds/account frozen by it”. The
application is therefore granted by it.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
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By notice filed to this
court on 19/3/2019, the Applicant/ Appellant (hereinafter referred to as “the Appellant”) appealed against the
ruling on one ground of appeal formulated and set out as follows:-&nbsp; “The ruling is in error of law”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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In the said notice, the
Appellant expressed an intention to file an additional ground of appeal upon
receipt of the full record of proceedings.&nbsp;
We need to place on record that at the time this appeal was heard a</main>