Former Tamale Central MP, Inusah Fuseini has described the decision by the General Legal Council (GLC) to expel State Attorney Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh from practising as a lawyer as harsh.
The State Attorney was expelled by the GLC for transferring an amount of GH¢400,000 from businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome in 2011.
In a notice dated January 31, 2024, the GLC said while defending the state against a suit by Alfred Woyome in 2011, Mr Nerquaye-Tetteh personally caused the direct transfer of an amount of GH¢400,000 from Mr Woyome to the bank account of his wife.
The Legal CouncInusah Fuseini asserts that Mr Nerquaye-Tetteh was an industrious lawyer and therefore he was saddened to hear that he was involved in such misconduct.
“For it to happen to Nerquaye -Tetteh I am really very very sad. I have known Nerquaye-Tetteh, and I know he was hard-working and diligent but the legal profession too upholds professional conduct.
“It becomes gross professional misconduct if the prosecuting officer or an officer of the Attorney General’s department or a lawyer for that matter is seen to be dealing in an unprofessional way with an accused person and so that is the worry,” he said.
The former legislator quizzed how the State Attorney could not defend himself on why he made the transfer. Nevertheless, Mr Fusieni opines the punishment was too harsh.
“I have tremendous sympathy for his inability to explain how GH¢400,000 of Woyome’s money, which money was acquired in a way that, he has questions to answer, which monies have been declared as monies belonging to the State found its way to Nerquaye’s account. It is something that is troubling and bothers me