We must open the courts for bail hearings – Martin Kpebu says amidst JUSAG strike
Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged the judiciary to make arrangements for courts to hear bail applications despite the ongoing strike by members of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG). He says the continued closure of the courts to such applications is worrying, as it risks keeping arrested persons in custody longer and […]
Former ORAL Committee member Martin Kpebu has disputed claims that the government could recover up to $21.19 billion from allegedly stolen state assets. The former chairman of the committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, had suggested that the recoverable amount could exceed the financial aid Ghana was seeking from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
However, Kpebu maintains that this figure was a personal estimate by Ablakwa and not a collective decision made by the committee members. He emphasized that the committee had not conducted any assessment to determine the total value of assets or funds that could be recovered and that Ablakwa's comment was made on a conditional basis.
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