THE GHANAIAN CHRONICLE

"We were Wrong - Obed", is the banner headline story on the front page of the Chronicle on the missing millions of cedis saga. The story says Dr Obed Asamoah, Attoney-General and Minister of Justice, has conceded that he may have been a little bit of over-enthusiastic in the case concerning the prolonged detention of his two bodyguards now in court over the missing millions. Dr Asamoah was reacting to Chronicle's request for his comments on the statement made by Nii Okaija Adamafio, Minister of the Interior admitting in Parliament that Dr Asamoah's bodyguards had been detained beyond constitutionally permitted limits and could therefore make a case for compensation. According to the Chronicle, Dr Asamoah intimated that he had no problem with Nii Okaija's presentation to Parliament and that the issue, like all occasional challenges in the life of public officers, should be placed firmly in perspective and not dragged on to slow the business of government.

Another front page story of the Chronicle tals about 30 suspects languishing in jail without trial. The paper says there are about 30 cases of murder, manslaughter and rape pending at the Tamale High Court and some of the accused persons are languishing in prison custody. The Chronicle says its investigation confirmed the information and that the Attoney-General's office said it had "led evidence half way" in some of the cases but because of incessant adjournments by the High Court, none of the cases had beeb resolved.