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Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh, the Chief State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney-General, has been disbarred from the legal profession by the General Legal Council (GLC) for accepting GH¢400,000 from Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, in 2011.
The Disciplinary Committee of the GLC, the body that regulates the legal profession, found Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh guilty of professional misconduct under Rule 2(2) of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct and Etiquette) Rules, 1969 (L.I. 613). As a result, he is prohibited from practicing law in Ghana.
In a notice dated January 31, 2024, the GLC stated that Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh was successful in getting GH¢400,000 transferred from Mr. Woyome to his wife’s bank account while he was defending the State against a lawsuit filed by Woyome in 2011.
When pressed on the matter, Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh allegedly refused to provide any logical justification for the aforementioned transfer of GH¢400,000 from Mr. Woyome into his wife’s bank account.
The GLC declared that Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh’s actions had a negative impact on the “high standing and dignity of the legal profession.”
“That, he, as a lawyer and a Chief State Attorney, having acted as counsel for the State in the case, Alfred Agbesi Woyome versus General & Anor had an amount of Four Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢400,000.00) transferred directly from Mr Alfred Woyome into the bank account of his wife, Mrs. Gifty Nerquaye-Tetteh without any reasonable explanation; a conduct or act that adversely affects the dignity and high standing of the legal profession,” The notice signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Koranteng said.
”SAMUEL NERQUAYE-TETTEH shall not hold himself out as a lawyer or attend chambers, or render or purport to render any professional legal services to the public. The practising licence of Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh is hereby withdrawn forthwith,” it added.
The notice was signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Koranteng.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
