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    A journalist submitted a documentary to the Attorney General's office showing Senior State Attorney Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison taking money. An investigation committee found that he accepted money meant to influence a bail application and subtly attempted to extort money. Based on this misconduct, the Legal Service Board dismissed Otoo-Boison from the legal service effective December 24, 2020. His appeal of the dismissal was also denied due to lack of merit.

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    A journalist submitted a documentary to the Attorney General's office showing Senior State Attorney Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison taking money. An investigation committee found that he accepted money meant to influence a bail application and subtly attempted to extort money. Based on this misconduct, the Legal Service Board dismissed Otoo-Boison from the legal service effective December 24, 2020. His appeal of the dismissal was also denied due to lack of merit.

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    A journalist submitted a documentary to the Attorney General's office showing Senior State Attorney Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison taking money. An investigation committee found that he accepted money meant to influence a bail application and subtly attempted to extort money. Based on this misconduct, the Legal Service Board dismissed Otoo-Boison from the legal service effective December 24, 2020. His appeal of the dismissal was also denied due to lack of merit.

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    A journalist submitted a documentary to the Attorney General's office showing Senior State Attorney Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison taking money. An investigation committee found that he accepted money meant to influence a bail application and subtly attempted to extort money. Based on this misconduct, the Legal Service Board dismissed Otoo-Boison from the legal service effective December 24, 2020. His appeal of the dismissal was also denied due to lack of merit.

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    In case of reply the OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

    number and date of this & MINISTRY OF JUSTICE


    letter should be quoted P. O. BOX MB. 60
    ACCRA.
    My Ref: PS 424
    Your Ref No.
    Fax No. 0302-667609 26th April, 2021
    Tel No: 0302 665051 REPUBLIC OF GHANA

    PRESS RELEASE

    RE-ALLEGATIONS OF ACTS OF MISCONDUCT LEVELLED AGAINST MR. EMMANUEL LAWRENCE OTOO-


    BOISON, SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY (SSA) BOLGATANGA, UPPER EAST REGION BY A JOURNALIST OF
    EIB NETWORK

    The EIB network submitted a documentary (Video) titled “Justice for Sale” by a Journalist to the Office
    of the Attorney-General in which Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison, Senior State Attorney, (SSA)
    at the Attorney-General’s Office, Bolgatanga was captured taking money.

    The Legal Service Board at its meeting held on Monday, 4th November, 2019 referred Mr. Emmanuel
    Lawrence Otoo-Boison’s conduct to its Disciplinary Committee for investigation. Mr. Emmanuel
    Lawrence Otoo-Boison was subsequently interdicted pending investigation into his alleged conduct.

    The Disciplinary Committee which was constituted to investigate the allegations of misconduct
    completed its work and submitted its report to the Legal Service Board. The Disciplinary Committee
    carefully considering the evidence adduced, established that Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison,
    on his own confession, accepted money from the second witness. This was meant to influence him in
    a bail application against an accused person. He also subtly attempted to extort money from the
    second witness. The conduct of Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison constitutes a major misconduct
    per Regulation 94 (2) of the Legal Service Regulations, 2014 (L. I. 2210) and therefore recommended
    the dismissal of Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison per Regulation 100 (1) (a) of L. I. 2210.

    The Legal Service Board at its meeting in September, 2020 adopted the Report of the Disciplinary
    Committee and the recommendations thereof.

    A copy of the Disciplinary Committee’s Report was subsequently forwarded to Mr. Emmanuel
    Lawrence Otoo-Boison in September, 2020 in accordance with Regulation 120(2) of L. I. 2210.

    Subsequently, counsel for Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison, Mr. Edward Kwadwo Oppong, filed
    an appeal against the recommendations contained in the Report of the Disciplinary Committee to the
    Legal Service Board. The Legal Service Board on 30th November, 2020 after carefully considering the
    appeal found no merit in same and accordingly dismissed the appeal.

    Mr. Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison of the Attorney-General’s Office, Bolgatanga has therefore
    been dismissed from the Legal Service effective 24th December, 2020.

    ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT


    OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND
    MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

    THE PRESS

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