Commission orders Adabo to reappear with counsel

Mr Justice Yaw Apau, Sole Commissioner of the Judgement Debt Commission on Monday ordered Mr Daniel Opoku Adabo, a Kumasi based pastor to reappear before the Commission with his counsel on August 21.

“Go and bring your lawyer here, it appears you don’t know what you are doing here,” Mr Justice Apau said.

Mr Adabo had petitioned the Commission to be given the opportunity to clear the air following media reports from the Commission’s sitting about the de-confiscation of Subin Timber Company, which according to him was jointly owned by his late adopted father, Mr Ohene Koffie and Ivofiorini, an Italian.

Mr Kofi Dometi Sokpo, Lead Counsel of the Commission asked Mr Adabo to give account of how the Subin Timber Company was confiscated by the state, and how the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Attorney General (AG) Department and the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) were all petitioned on it.

Mr Adabo replied that the issue of de-confiscation was started in the 1990s by the late Mr Koffie, who petitioned the three institutions but later he became incapacitated prompting him to take over the process in 2002 at the NRC.

Mr Adabo failed to tell the Commission what transpired at the NRC, CHRAJ and the AG’s Department.

He claimed that the NRC did not conclude on the matter. At this juncture; the Sole Commissioner asked how come the NRC issued him with a de-confiscation letter from the state when they did not complete their work.

Mr Adabo recounted that the Company was confiscated in 1981, but his adopted father went to the High Court and the Court of Appeal and both courts ruled in his favour.

The Sole Commissioner then reminded Mr Adabo that neither he nor his adopted father ever went to any court and that it was another company which was claiming ownership of Subin Timber Company that took the matter before the two courts.

The Lead Counsel asked Mr Adabo to produce documents to substantiate his claims.

Mr Justice Apau asked Mr Adabo to endeavour to come before the Commission with his counsel as he does not seem to appreciate what the commission was doing.

Earlier, Mr Isaac Annan, CHRAJ Director in-charge of Human Rights, appeared before the Commission concerning the same matter.

He however said, the office could not trace the records on Subin Timber Company, but said it could only be traced if the Commission furnishes it with the file number.