The Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has revealed that the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, and former Board Chairman, Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, have finally filed their respective defences in the $2 million SkyTrain case.
In a post on X, Dr Justice Srem-Sai stated, “CASE UPDATE: The Republic v Solomon Asamoah & Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi (Sky Train)
The two accused persons have finally filed their witness statements. They filed them yesterday – the deadline that the Court gave them.
This means that they are ready to explain why the Court should not convict them for the missing US$ 2 million public money”.
The development follows their attempts to have the trial dismissed, failing at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
It will be recalled that the Supreme Court threw 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.
The High Court later 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.
See the post below:
CASE UPDATE: The Republic v Solomon Asamoah & Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi (Sky Train)
— Justice Srem-Sai (@JusticeSremSai) September 24, 2026
The two accused persons have finally filed their witness statements. They filed them yesterday – the deadline that the Court gave them.
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