Attorney-General Drops All Charges Against Former BoG Deputy Governor Johnson Asiama
Accra, Ghana – The Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, has filed a notice to withdraw all charges against Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, who had been on trial for his alleged involvement in the collapse of UniBank and UT Bank.
A formal notice, signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, was submitted to the trial court, stating:
“Please take note that at the next hearing of this suit, the Prosecutor on the instructions of the Honourable Attorney-General hereby withdraws all offences and or charges against Johnson Asiama herein under sections 59(1), (2)(b)(ii), and (5) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act (1960), Act 30.”
Dr. Asiama, who had been facing charges including fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit crime since 2020, was originally charged in connection with the collapse of both UT Bank and UniBank.
In the UT Bank case, he was charged alongside five others, including the bank’s founder, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, as well as Raymond Amanfu, UT Holdings Ltd., Catherine Johnson, and Robert Kwesi Armah.
For the UniBank case, the accused persons included former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, his son Dr. Kwabena Duffuor II, and other former executives, who were also charged with money laundering.
The Attorney-General’s decision to drop charges applies only to Dr. Asiama, while trials for the remaining accused individuals in both cases will continue.
