The Supreme Court has thrown out an application by the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, seeking to halt proceedings in the ongoing Skytrain trial.
Solomon Asamoah, the first accused in the case, had filed an application for certiorari seeking to quash the High Court’s decision to dismiss his submission of no case after the prosecution closed its case.
He also applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the High Court from continuing with the trial pending the determination of his certiorari application.
However, the Supreme Court, sitting as a single-Judge court, dismissed the injunction application on Monday, August 31, 2026.
Justice Senyo Dzamefe, who heard the application last Friday, in his ruling held that the applicant’s own affidavit evidence did not disclose a serious case to be tried.
The Supreme Court also held that the trial judge’s decision to rule on the submission of no case was not in excess of jurisdiction.
Justice Senyo Dzamefe further found that the applicant had not established the irreparable harm that would result if the injunction were not granted.
Meanwhile, the High Court has set September 23 for the accused persons to file their defence, should they choose to do so.
In the meantime, the second accused person, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, former Board Chairman of GIIF, has filed another application for a stay of proceedings. The application is scheduled to be heard by the Court of Appeal on September 1.
It will be recalled that Solomon Asamoah and Prof. Ameyaw Ekumfi are standing trial over allegations that $2 million was paid towards the Skytrain project without the approval of the GIIF Board.
Mr Asamoah is a former CEO of GIIF, while Prof. Ameyaw Ekumfi is a former Board Chairman of the Fund.
In other news, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has announced that there will be some interesting cases coming soon under the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL).
According to Justice Srem-Sai, the prosecutors have identified approximately 30 cases from the ORAL report that are prosecutable.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on July 26, 2026, Dr Srem-Sai revealed, “When we analyse the report, I think we had about 30 cases that we thought were prosecutable”.
Justice Srem-Sai also disclosed that between five and ten of those cases are currently at advanced stages of prosecution.
“I think we have like between five and 10 now,” Dr Srem-Sai stated
According to the Deputy Attorney General, prosecutorial decisions are guided solely by the strength of evidence rather than the profile or political affiliation of the individuals.
Justice Srem-Sai added, “We don’t actually focus on which one is big or which one is that. We focus on which one is prosecutable”.
“I can tell you there will be some interesting cases coming soon”, he hinted.
Dr Srem-Sai regurgitated the government’s commitment to pursuing ORAL cases, which was established to investigate allegations of corruption, financial loss and the misappropriation of public resources.
“We are going to continue prosecuting as far as the ORAL is concerned; we are going to do it”, he added.
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