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  "id": 14475612,
  "title": "Sky Train trial: Supreme Court dismisses former GIIF CEO’s certiorari application",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/sky-train-trial-supreme-court-dismisses-former-giif-ceos-certiorari",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:17:09.000Z",
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  "account": "The Supreme Court has rejected an application by Solomon Asamoah, the former CEO of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), to quash decisions made by the trial court in the $2 million SkyTrain case. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, upheld the lower court's ruling dismissing Asamoah's claim of insufficient case to answer. The court ruled that Asamoah's accusations that the judge exceeded her jurisdiction and made prejudicial findings were unfounded. Asamoah, along with former GIIF board chairman Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, is on trial for an alleged $2 million payment to Africa Investor Holdings Limited, a South African company, without proper approval from the GIIF board. The prosecution claims the money was improperly transferred from GIIF's account during the planning stages of the proposed Accra SkyTrain project, which was never constructed. Asamoah's legal team argued that the judge went beyond her authority in making findings on the sufficiency of the evidence and in altering Asamoah's bail conditions without his input. However, the court dismissed these concerns, stating that the changes to the bail conditions were a routine action taken after the trial's continuation had been approved.",
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the first accused in the $2 million SkyTrain case, Solomon Asamoah, seeking to quash decisions by the trial court over allegations that the judge exceeded her jurisdiction and made findings that could prejudice his defence. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, with Justices Samuel Asiedu, […]",
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