Mr Daniel Ohene Agyekum, the fourth guard observer in the preliminary including Dr Stephen Opuni and two others, says Dr Opuni absolutely sustained no extortion.
He said, "I can express that, to the extent that l am mindful, Dr Opuni never acted in a way that might have affected the choice of either the Board or the Entity Tender Committee (ETC)."
Mr Nutifafa Nutsukpui, Counsel for Seidu Agongo, in a further questioning of the observer, said in his double limit as executive for both the Board and the ETC, something like this won't ever occur.
Dr Opuni and Mr Agongo are having to deal with 27 penalties, including cheating by bogus notions, tenaciously making monetary misfortune the State, tax evasion, defilement by a public official and repudiation of the Public Procurement Act.
They have both argued not liable to the charges and are on a GHs300,000.00 self-recognizance bail each.
The Counsel found out if he knew about a test directed on Lithovit fluid compost by the University of Ghana, where they said they had scarcely any properties that would make it compelling, the observer replied in the negative.
The observer said he was not made mindful any of such logical report.
He got out whatever he needed to add was that, "in the event that you direct a logical examination in a study hall and you reach the determination, for example, the one drawn by the University, then, at that point, I will express that, it isn't unquestionably the very Lithovit fluid manure that the Board had bought and given to the ranchers for nothing."
Mr Nutsukpui asked the observer that since he left office, would he say he was mindful of any test done that cast any uncertainty on the viability of the Lithovit fluid compost that the Board had secured for the cocoa ranchers? The observer said, never.
The Defense at this stage finished its questioning of the fourth safeguard observer. It would be the turn of the State to interview the observer.
Case concluded to June 24, 2022.
In the mean time, the Court will take the following observer on June 13, 2022 amiss until Mr Ohene Agyekum finishes up his questioning.
Mr Samuel Codjoe, Counsel for Dr Opuni, said they didn't realize that Dr Opuni didn't know that they planned to remove the observers from turn.
"This is all the more so when different observers to be called are people who have been summoned and greater part of whom are out of Accra," he said.
He said it was exceptionally difficult for them to get the observers to come to court on Monday June 13, 2022.
The Counsel said hence, they asked that the Court allowed them seven days to empower them to get their summoned observers.
Mrs Evelyn Keelson, Chief Staff Attorney, said it was sensible that the Court went on with the becoming aware of the case by taking one more observer forthcoming the interrogation of DW4 on June 24.
"That's what my comprehension is, when witnesses are summoned, they are given dates to show up under the watchful eye of the Court and one of them even shows up before the enlistment center some of the time last week," she said.
She said it was their accommodation thusly that it was sensible for the Court to dismiss the case to Monday to permit the fifth guard observer to affirm.
"I figure the enlistment center of the Court ought to have the option to help or help the court in such manner since these observers are summoned observers," she added.
The Court directed by Justice Clemence Honyenuga, said it was his viewed as assessment that the case should continue and taking into account Counsel supplication that Monday was excessively short for him to create next witness, "I will agree to the solicitation and award him a deferment to Wednesday June 15, to deliver the fifth observer."
He said the Registrar of the Court was to help Counsel in any of his solicitation
Thusly, case is concluded to Wednesday June 15, 2022.
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