Director of Communications for the United Party (UP), Solomon Owusu, says his initial anger over the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge former MASLOC CEO, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, changed after he read the court’s full judgment.
According to him, he was upset when he first heard the news of the ruling, but after reading the 94-page judgment, he believed the Court of Appeal had reasons for overturning the earlier conviction.
Speaking on Joy Prime’s Prime Insight on Saturday, August 1, Mr Owusu said he reacted strongly when he first received the news.
“I was somewhere when I got a breaking news from one of the media outlets that said Sedina Tamakloe has been acquitted and discharged. Instantly, I was boiled up. I was so furious,” he said.
Mr Owusu said he later decided to read the full judgment before making any public comments.
He explained that he got a copy of the 94-page judgment about three hours after the ruling was announced and spent four hours reading it.
According to him, his opinion changed after going through the details of the judgment.
“I printed it, did the binding, and it took four hours to read it. When I read the judgment, immediately I became scandalised. I said, ‘What? Why must we sit down for innocent souls to be done in this manner?’” he said.
Mr Owusu added that the experience showed the importance of reading and understanding court judgments before drawing conclusions, especially on cases that attract public attention.
