{"id":9395,"date":"2025-01-06T17:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9395"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:41:16","slug":"the-presidency-has-refuted-claims-that-president-akufo-addo-pardoned-11-individuals-including-ato-essien-the-former-ceo-of-capital-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9395","title":{"rendered":"Presidency denies granting pardons to Ato Essien, 10 others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Presidency has refuted claims that President Akufo-Addo pardoned 11 individuals, including Ato Essien, the former CEO of Capital Bank.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Presidency has issued a strong denial regarding reports that President Nana Akufo-Addo granted pardons to 11 individuals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released on January 6, 2025, the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, clarified that these reports were inaccurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes after earlier media reports suggested the President had pardoned individuals like William Ato Essien, the former CEO of Capital Bank, who was convicted for his role in the bank\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These reports also mentioned others, including Philip Akpeena Assibit, convicted of causing financial loss to the state in 2018, and Akwasi Alhassan, serving a life sentence for murder since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement from the Presidency emphasizes that President Akufo-Addo has not exercised his power of clemency to pardon any of these individuals, or anyone else as claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It urges the public to rely solely on official communications from the President\u2019s office for accurate information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1-792x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1-792x1024.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1-768x993.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1-750x970.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_0012-1.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has refuted claims that President Akufo-Addo pardoned 11 individuals, including Ato Essien, the former CEO of Capital Bank. 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