Social media users have slammed outgoing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his decision to pardon some hardened criminals before he leaves office.
In one of his final acts as President, Nana Addo handed out pardons to several individuals, including William Ato Essien, the former CEO of Capital Bank.
Essien was jailed for embezzling bailout funds the Bank of Ghana made available to the then-struggling bank and later failing to refund it. After serving only one year out of a 15-year sentence, the President has pardoned him to the chagrin of Ghanaians.
Other people pardoned include a murderer on death row and other hardened criminals.
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President Akuffo Addo has pardoned William Ato Essien, the founder of defunct Capital Bank, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour by an Accra High Court in December 2023.
He was jailed for his inability to pay back to the state some GH¢90 million, which he was… pic.twitter.com/VXpa5lAg4x— B.You by Berla Mundi (@berlamundi) January 6, 2025
Ghanaians were incensed with the President’s choice of people to pardon.
“But why is he pardoning human traffickers, murderers and scammers? What happened to people convicted of stealing goats and Hen etc? Pickpockets and other minor crimes?” one person commented.
Another wrote: “There’s a guy somewhere serving 10years jail term for stealing a goat or something little but…. Okay!!!”
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