Court orders release of Baffour Awuah’s passport

The High Court in Accra has ordered the release of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah’s passport after approving an application to vary one of his bail conditions.

The Commercial Court 5 Division issued the order on Thursday, 12 November, permitting the MP to retrieve his travel document, which had been kept at the court registry under the terms of his bail in an ongoing criminal trial.

Awuah is facing charges of allegedly causing financial loss to the state and money laundering in connection with legal representations he made on behalf of SIC Savings and Loans Limited in a loan recovery case.

His lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, maintained that the MP posed no flight risk and could be trusted to return to Ghana.

He referred to parliamentary rules requiring MPs to attend a minimum number of sittings, arguing that Awuah could lose his parliamentary seat if he failed to meet the attendance requirements.

The state, represented by Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai, did not oppose the application.

Presiding judge Justice Charity Akosua Asem subsequently granted the application, varying the bail condition that required the MP’s passport to remain in the custody of the court registry.

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