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After rejecting the presidential pardon, by 13 January 2009, Tsikata was granted bail by
Justice Edward Amoako Asante at an Accra Fast-Track high court pending appeal meaning he was no longer required to be in jail although he was still admitted at the hospital due to his asthmatic attack. After 8
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to try such cases. The trial started in 2002 and lasted for six years. He was pronounced guilty on 18 June 2008 by Mrs. Justice
Hernrietta Abban. The length of the trial is reputed to be the longest ever involving a former government official in the history of the country. Those loyal to President
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Christian and an elder of the Asbury Dunwell Church in Accra. He is a known asthmatic and this appears to have limited his extracurricular activities and school attendance as a child. After he was jailed in 2008, he had an acute asthmatic attack that took him from the Nsawam prisons to
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Tsikata rejected the presidential pardon and announced at a forum later that he felt the pardon was not in good faith and that he would fight through the court system to clear his name.
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If the record of scholarship holders is up to date you will notice that Tsatsu was born on first
October 1950 at Keta and will therefore be 19 on 1st October 1969, and not 20 as incorrectly published in the
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years of being charged with causing financial loss to the state, on 30 November 2016, he was declared innocent by an
Appeals Court presided over by Justice Dennis Adjei and his 5-year jail term was quashed.
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National Petroleum Company after a trial through the Accra Fast Track Tribunal, one of many set up by the
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supporters saw the trial as politically motivated. This led to the formation of the "Free Tsatsu
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Tsikata is one of seven siblings. His father was Godwin Kwaku-Sru
Tsikata, a retired Textiles Sales Manager with the United Africa Corporation (UAC). He is married to
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886:"Political Café - The Trial and Conviction of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata: Any Implications for Political Polarisation and the Electioneering Campaign for December 2008?"
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Tsikata was appointed the Chief
Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) from October 1988 to December 2000 by the then ruling NDC led by
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degree at the age of 18 years. Only one other 18-year-old had completed a degree programme at that time. His lecturers included Professor Ofosu Amaah and Dr.
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where his father and his elder brother, Fui Sokpoli Tsikata also attended. On completion of his five-year course, he gained admission into the
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filed a joinder to be the third respondent of this case. He was the lead counsel for
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was overthrown on 4 June 1979. He was the lead Counsel for the ruling
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and they have three children. Award-winning Ghanaian musician,
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intensive care. Tsikata has been a keen cricketer in the past.
1031:"Tsikata: I Never Relied On Kufuor Pardon, I Was Granted Bail"
768:"Tsatsu Tsikata | University of Ghana Alumni Relations Office"
718:"Tsatsu Tsikata | University of Ghana Alumni Relations Office"
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1302:"People | DLA Piper Africa, Ghana | Reindorf Chambers"
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Exclusive With Tsatsu Tsikata - The Pulse on JoyNews
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613:. Free Tsatsu Tsikata Now Campaign. Archived from
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1275:"Tsatsu Tsikata opens up about his son M.anifest"
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669:. Free Tsatsu Tsikata Campaign. Archived from
643:. Free Tsatsu Tsikata Campaign. Archived from
569:"PROFILE:The UNICORN- A Brilliant Performance"
944:. MyJoyOnline. 6 January 2009. Archived from
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16:Ghanaian academic and lawyer (born 1950)
1056:"Tsatsu granted bail - MyJoyOnline.com"
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1331:DOSSIER: Tsikata-GNPC Case on Ghanaweb
1008:from the original on 27 September 2012
978:from the original on 27 September 2012
918:. Free Tsatsu Movement. Archived from
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866:from the original on 26 June 2008
607:"PROFILE:From The Junior Graphic"
1188:. PeaceFm Online. Archived from
279:, former majority leader in the
319:in 1979. During the era of the
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1158:AfricaNews (2 December 2016).
638:"Free Tsatsu Tsikata Campaign"
145:(born on 1 October 1950) is a
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1186:"Is The President Listening?"
421:Bail, appeal and exoneration
398:National Democratic Congress
349:National Democratic Congress
289:Justice Victor Mawulom Dotse
162:National Democratic Congress
743:"Tsatsu Tsikata, Biography"
693:"Tsatsu Tsikata, Biography"
544:"Tsatsu Tsikata, Biography"
321:National Redemption Council
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916:"Free Tsatsu Tsikata Now"
239:which is equivalent to a
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430:Personal and social life
325:Supreme Military Council
168:Early life and education
125:Godwin Kwaku-Sru Tsikata
942:"Tsatsu Tsikata Freed!"
856:"Tsikata Gets 5 Years!"
491:. Africa Confidential.
1212:"IPRA | Esther COBBAH"
383:Trial, jail and pardon
285:Supreme Court of Ghana
262:Corpus Christi College
237:Bachelor of Civil Law
198:United Africa Company
1004:. 25 February 2009.
522:The Chronicle Online
489:"Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata"
327:military regimes of
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176:in the south of the
172:Tsikata was born in
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667:"PROFILE:Biography"
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406:New Patriotic Party
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1139:. 30 November 2016
1113:. 30 November 2016
1082:"Tsatsu Gets Bail"
605:Augustina Tawiah.
337:William Ofori Atta
1062:. 13 January 2009
948:on 7 January 2009
836:. 8 February 2021
389:Kufuor government
293:Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
265:Oxford University
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