Former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) Chief Executive Officer Solomon Asamoah has taken his legal battle to the Supreme Court after the High Court rejected his submission of no case to answer in the ongoing SkyTrain trial.
Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai disclosed on Facebook on Saturday, August 22, 2026, that Mr Asamoah’s lawyers filed two applications at the Supreme Court on Thursday, August 21.
The first application seeks an order of certiorari to quash the High Court’s decision dismissing his submission of no case and varying his bail conditions.
The second application is for an interlocutory injunction to suspend proceedings at the High Court until the Supreme Court determines the certiorari application.
Dr Srem-Sai said neither Mr Asamoah nor his co-accused, former GIIF Board Chairman Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, had filed their respective defences despite the expiration of the deadline set by the High Court.
The High Court on July 2 dismissed the accused persons’ submissions of no case to answer and directed them to file their defences within 21 days if they wished to do so.
When the initial 21-day period expired, however, neither accused filed a defence. Instead, they applied for a stay of proceedings.
The High Court subsequently granted them an additional 21 days on July 30, bringing the total period allowed for filing their defences to 42 days.
That extended deadline expired on August 20 without either accused filing a defence.
The High Court has since adjourned the matter to Monday, August 24, for a case management conference.
However, the Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of Mr Asamoah’s interlocutory injunction application for August 27, potentially creating a new legal hurdle for the continuation of the High Court proceedings.
The SkyTrain case centres on allegations surrounding a US$2 million payment made by GIIF in 2019 for an equity stake in a company associated with the proposed Accra SkyTrain project.
The prosecution alleges that the payment was made without the requisite approvals and that the proposed project ultimately failed to materialise.
The prosecution closed its case in May, after which the accused persons filed submissions of no case to answer.
The High Court subsequently ruled that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence for the accused persons to be called upon to open their defence.
Mr Asamoah’s latest move to the Supreme Court could now determine whether the High Court proceedings will proceed as scheduled or be temporarily halted pending the outcome of his legal challenge.
