{"id":1149909,"date":"2022-07-15T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/15\/why-high-court-refused-to-keep-sir-johns-assets-frozen\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T13:36:24","slug":"why-high-court-refused-to-keep-sir-johns-assets-frozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/15\/why-high-court-refused-to-keep-sir-johns-assets-frozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Why High Court refused to keep Sir John\u2019s assets frozen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"516\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653386104_509_image_2022-05-23_171215789-696x516.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Achimota Forest lands allegedly owned by Sir John and mentioned in his Will' Ministry to investigate\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) was the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission until his death in July 2020<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, an Accra High Court dismissed a request by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng to grant him the mandate to freeze assets of the late CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyebeng froze the assets as part of investigations the office commenced into the acquisition of state lands and properties that were contained in Mr Afriyie\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>Section 54 of the OSP Act enables The Special Prosecutor to apply to the Court for a confiscation order in respect of tainted property if the person from whom the property was seized is on trial for corruption or a corruption-related offence or is convicted of corruption or a corruption-related offence but dies or absconds.<\/p>\n<p>The Court in dismissing the request pointed out that this procedure should have been used by Mr. Agyebeng\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor however disagreed and has served notice of challenging this position at the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the court\u2019s ruling below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wfaoZYWf0jGt_sngGtE_fXWWsKXwWlC8\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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