Court to give judgement on Ato Essien today

The High Court presided over by Eric Kyei Baffour of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court Judge will be giving its verdict on case involving the Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Esien for his alleged role in the collapse of the ban today, Thursday December 1.

Mr Ato Essien and two others were accused of siphoning liquidity support of ¢620 million bailouts given by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).

According to the prosecution, the accused persons opened various bank accounts with Capital Bank through which the ¢620 millionliquidity support was transferred while others were carried in jute bags to Ato Essien.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges.