{"id":24622,"date":"2021-07-03T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T21:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=24622"},"modified":"2021-07-03T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T21:35:46","slug":"abuga-pele-receives-presidential-pardon-over-ill-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=24622","title":{"rendered":"Abuga Pele receives Presidential pardon over ill health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has granted presidential pardon to former NDC lawmaker Abuga Pele on health grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former lawmaker was admitted at the Nsawam Prisons hospital last week but has reportedly recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Chiana\/Paga MP has been in jail since 2018 for causing financial loss to the state. He was jailed by an Accra High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Background<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pele and businessman Philip Akpeena Assibit were sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison on February 23, 2018 for their involvement in the GH\u00a24.1 million GYEEDA scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two were put before court in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court concluded that Mr Pele entered into an unlawful agreement with Mr Assibit, prevailing on the state to make payments when no work had been done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has since served about three years at the Nsawam Maximum Security Prison from where he was rushed to the hospital on health grounds last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Ghana\/Starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has granted presidential pardon to former NDC lawmaker Abuga Pele on health grounds. 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