DOSSIER: Opuni, Agongo trial

Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni was the CEO of the COCOBOD between November 2013 and January 2017, while Agongo is the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, an agrochemicals company. Agongo is alleged to have used fraudulent means to sell substandard fertiliser to

• Opuni trial put on hold as Supreme Court decision on Honyenuga pends (2022-01-17)
• Opuni Trial: Court system breaks down; case adjourned to Jan 17 (2022-01-11)
• Opuni ‘runs’ to Supreme Court again (2022-01-11)
• Justice Honyenuga adjourns Opuni’s trial as court system breaks down (2022-01-10)
• Your claims are disgusting, frivolous, malicious – Honyenuga attacks Opuni (2021-12-24)
• You are fit to be a judge in your own case – CJ clears Honyenuga (2021-12-17)
• Recusal: Would CJ allow Justice Honyenuga to sit on his own case? (2021-12-16)
• COCOBOD trial: DDP Obuobisa chided for urging unconstitutionality in court (2021-12-15)
• Opuni files another motion to get 'bias and hostile' Honyenuga to recuse himself (2021-12-11)
• Don’t refer to my ruling: Honyenuga runs away from own judgement in Opuni’s case (2021-12-10)
• Opuni trial: CRIG scientists approved fertilizers to be purchased by COCOBOD not CEO – Dir. of Fin (2021-12-07)
• Opuni Trial: it is the procurement unit that writes quotations letter - witness (2021-12-06)
• Opuni trial: PPA approved lithovit liquid fertilizer purchase – Charles Dodoo tells court (2021-12-04)
• You want Opuni 'jailed' at all cost: 'Twists', 'turns' show justice won't be served' – NDC to AG (2021-11-16)
• Reinstatement of Honyenuga in Opuni trial a travesty of justice - NDC (2021-11-14)
• Don’t allow your office to be used to score political points - Muntaka to Godfred Dame (2021-11-05)
• Opuni Trial: Muntaka stings Justice Dotse over meeting with Attorney-General (2021-11-02)
• Kwesi Pratt draws similarities between Opuni and Tsatsu Tsikata trials (2021-10-28)
• 'Your gymnastics won't stop judgment day from coming' – AG to Opuni (2021-10-27)
• Honyenuga back to Opuni trial as Supreme Court overturns ruling to remove him (2021-10-26)
• 'Recuse yourself I've serious doubts about your impartiality' – Opuni to Justice Dotse on AG review (2021-10-25)
• Supreme Court set Oct. 26 to rule on AG’s review application against Opuni ruling (2021-10-13)
• Justice Honyenuga made up his mind to jail Opuni – Former COCOBOD CEO's lawyers (2021-10-12)
• Review your error-ridden decision to stop Opuni’s trial – Dame to Supreme Court (2021-10-12)
• Opuni review: CJ adds 2 new judges to SC panel (2021-10-10)
• Opuni trial: SC shown it's 'really up to the task' for yanking off its own Honyenuga – Kpebu (2021-08-30)
• Supreme Court ruling prohibiting Honyenuga a confidence booster to justice system – Kpebu (2021-08-30)
• Opuni trial: Appointing new judge’ll violate fair, expeditious trial requirements – AG (2021-08-27)
• Opuni's complaints don't prove 'indisputable bias' against Honyenuga – AG to Supreme Court (2021-08-27)
• Opuni trial: You misconstrued, changed law on hearsay evidence – AG to Supreme Court (2021-08-27)
• New Opuni trial will be costly – Godfred Dame (2021-08-26)
• Opuni case: AG files review against SC’s decision to remove judge (2021-08-26)
• Supreme Court removes Justice Honyenuga from hearing Opuni, Agongo case (2021-07-28)
• Supreme Court to begin hearing on Opuni’s case against Judge today (2021-07-13)
• Supreme Court hearing on Opuni’s case against Judge set for July 13 (2021-07-01)
• Opuni petitions Chief Justice to remove judge on his case (2021-06-18)
• You’ve already prejudged the case before my client opens defence – Opuni’s lawyer tells Judge (2021-06-10)
• I won't recuse myself – Justice Honyenuga to Opuni (2021-06-09)
• Opuni Trial: First accused wants Trial Judge to abandon trial (2021-06-04)
• COCOBOD trial: Recuse yourself – Opuni to Supreme Court judge (2021-06-03)
• Describing COCOBOD trial as sensitive is baseless – Agongo’s lawyer to judge (2021-05-31)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: Lawyers punch holes in Judge’s 'conflicting' ruling (2021-05-27)
• Opuni reports to court today after being absent last week on medical grounds (2021-05-26)
• A-G’s witnesses contradicting themselves under cross-examination normal - Justice Honyenuga (2021-05-21)
• Dr Opuni, others file motion for stay of proceedings (2021-05-17)
• COCOBOD trial: Court rules on Opuni, others submission of no case today (2021-05-07)
• COCOBOD trial: Opuni files submission of no case (2021-04-29)
• CRIG had lithovit liquid fertilizer manual for training farmers – Court told (2021-04-01)
• Investigators who travelled to Germany over lithovit fertilizer didn’t write a report – CID (2021-03-31)
• Opuni's Cocobod salary was 'way above' Agongo's GHS25K deposit 'for the needy' – CID man tells court (2021-03-23)
• Cocobod trial: I found no report of farmer complaints about lithovit – CID man tells court (2021-03-22)
• COCOBOD trial: Prosecution ‘caught’ hiding vital documents from court (2021-03-17)
• 'The GH¢25,000 in Opuni’s bank account was his own money' – CID Investigator tells court (2021-03-16)
• COCOBOD trial: CID investigator exposed as he makes ‘false’ attribution to board members (2021-03-12)
• I never compromised procurement process at COCOBOD – Agongo tells investigators (2021-03-12)
• COCOBOD trial: No written directive by Opuni to scientists to shorten testing period – CID investigator admits (2021-03-03)
• Opuni Trial: The then Board Chairman, Tender Committee not aware lithovit was untested - Witness (2021-03-01)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: CID investigator admits coaching witnesses on how to write (2021-02-24)
• Opuni trial: COCOBOD ordered for lithovit fertiliser after CRIG certification (2021-01-11)
• COCOBOD trial: Prosecution witness exposed under cross-examination again (2020-12-10)
• COCOBOD’s internal investigation report exposes AG’s witness in court (2020-12-01)
• COCOBOD official documents expose witness’s claim that letters from Procurement Unit to CEO are draft (2020-11-28)
• Fertilizers are tested for a minimum of two years by CRIG - Witness (2020-11-27)
• Opuni trial: Quotation letters goes to companies with CRIG certificates (2020-11-20)
• COCOBOD Trial: Confusion as AG's 3rd, 6th witnesses disagree on who determines fertiliser type, quantity for purchase (2020-11-18)
• Certificate covering COCOBOD contract for fertilizer invalid - Witness (2020-11-10)
• Opuni trial: COCOBOD responded to PPA’s value for money audit – Witness (2020-11-06)
• Defamation: Multimedia retracts story, apologises to Dr. Opuni again (2020-10-26)
• Opuni trial: Analyzed lithovit liquid fertilizer was dilute - Witness (2020-10-22)
• Opuni case: AG’s witness cracks under cross-examination, contradicts himself (2020-10-22)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: Fourth prosecution witness exposed in court (2020-10-14)
• Opuni trial: AG's witness admits certifying Sidalco fertilizer for 3 years (2020-10-14)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: AG’s witness’ donation to NPP 2020 campaign pops up in court (2020-10-10)
• I gave my evidence in court as a patriotic citizen - Dr Adu-Ampomah (2020-10-08)
• COCOBOD trial: Judge demands medical evidence as Agongo’s lawyer goes into isolation (2020-07-18)
• Opuni’s trial adjourned as Agongo’s lawyer goes into isolation (2020-07-17)
• Opuni-Agongo trial judge throws tantrums again (2020-06-24)
• Dr Opuni case: Court directs defence to move application for stay on June 18 (2020-06-13)
• Opuni-Agongo case: Judge’s abrupt suspension of trial raises eyebrow (2020-03-20)
• Opuni halts ongoing trial, takes 'biased' judge to Appeals Court (2020-03-19)
• Opuni trial judge in hot exchange with lawyer (2020-03-19)
• Dr Opuni Trial: defence counsel wants trial Judge to step aside (2020-03-04)
• Justice Honyenuga halts trial as motion to remove him from Opuni-Agongo case is filed (2020-03-04)
• Opuni trial judge who openly ‘campaigned’ for Akufo-Addo 2020 elevated to Supreme Court (2020-03-03)
• Your 'unprecedented' Free SHS has 'broken Nkrumah's record' – Opuni trial judge showers praises on Akufo-Addo (2020-02-25)
• Judge in Opuni case declares support for Akufo-Addo (2020-02-22)
• Opuni case: I’ve no idea where lithovit samples sent for testing came from – AG’s witness (2020-02-13)
• COCOBOD trial: GSA produces conflicting reports on lithovit fertilizer (2020-02-12)
• Opuni takes perjury case to Appeals Court (2020-02-09)
• Opuni Trial: Witness names farmers who drank the liquid fertilizer (2020-02-08)
• Revealed: AG’s witness ‘procured’ COCOBOD board member to tell EOCO he drank fertilizer (2020-02-08)
• Opuni cannot be held liable for COCOBOD’s procurement - AG’s witness (2020-01-25)
• Farmers complained that lithovit liquid fertilizer was water - Witness (2020-01-22)
• AG abandons star witness in Opuni case (2020-01-15)
• Court adjourns Opuni’s trial to January 2020 (2019-12-12)
• No evidence Opuni pressurised CRIG scientists - A-G’s witness tells court (2019-12-11)
• COCOBOD trial: Key State witness rejects A-G’s fertilizer exhibit (2019-11-30)
• Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from court (2019-10-07)
• We sole-sourced $97.9m worth of agrochemicals for 2017/2018 - AG's witness (2019-07-03)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: A-G’s failure to produce documents stalls proceedings (2019-06-27)
• A-G’s witness in Opuni trial caught double-talking (2019-06-22)
• Opuni-Agongo trial: A-G’s witness confesses writing to CRIG to renew certificate of Lithovit fertilizer (2019-06-21)
• Farmers never requested for chemicals through sole-sourcing - Witness (2019-06-16)
• Opuni trial: AG's witness contradicts himself again (2019-06-13)
• Opuni trial: Cocobod sole-sourced fertiliser worth $161.6m in 2011 - AG’s witness exposes himself (2019-06-04)
• Prosecution begs Opuni’s lawyer for documents ahead of cross-examination (2019-05-30)
• Cocobod trial: Drama as A-G’s witness fumbles under cross-examination (2019-05-23)
• Agongo-Cocobod trial: There was no complaint on Lithovit fertilizer – CRIG scientist (2019-04-18)
• Cocobod fertilizer trial: Agongo, DPP run to Appeals Court for help (2019-03-27)
• Opuni sues The Ghanaian Observer, Despite Group for GHC 10m (2019-03-04)
• Opuni sues Despite Group, Ghanaian Observer for GHS10m (2019-03-04)
• Opuni, Agongo trial: Court rejects tendering of report on missing document (2019-02-28)
• Opuni, Agongo Trial: Judge rejects tendering of key evidence by defense (2019-02-26)
• Court upheld objection to tender document through Prosecution witness (2019-02-26)