Embattled Galamey Kingpin En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang, has fired the legal team that had been defending her in the ongoing trial, which included Captain Nkrabea Effah Dartey.
Since her initial arraignment on September 16, the seasoned attorney and his staff have been defending the Chinese citizen who is being tried for four crimes.
However, after last Wednesday’s proceedings, on November 16, Aisha Huang allegedly gave Effah Dartey the order to skip today’s session, according to Murtala Inusah, Legal Affairs Correspondent for the EIB Network.
A fresh team of attorneys, consisting of Attorneys Miracle Atta-Chey and Hope Agboado, appeared in court on Monday, November 21, when the case was called.
They denied representing Attorney Effah Dartey when queried by Mrs. Yvonne Attakora Oboubisah, Director of Public Prosecution.
Justice Lydia Osei Marfo of the court said that she believes the accused fired Effah Dartey as a defense attorney.
What motivated her choice was not immediately apparent.
Attorney Effah Dartey requested that the court accommodate him at the next scheduled hearing on November 17 rather than the previous one on November 16, 2022, because he had an appointment with his doctors at the 37 Military Hospital that day.
It was anticipated that attorney Effah Dartey would resume the cross-examination of third prosecution witness Nana Sarfo Prempah, a divisional chief of Ashanti Agogo Traditional Area (Ntotoe Division).
However, Aisha Huang’s new attorneys, under the direction of Attorney Miracle Atta-Chey, are putting the witness through a cross-examination.
The renowned galamsey boss has entered a not guilty plea to four charges, including returning to Ghana without authorization from the Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service.
Source: newsthemegh.com