FULL JUDGMENT: ACQUITTAL AND DISCHARGE OF ATO FORSON AND RICHARD JAKPA

My Lords, based on the facts presented in this appeal and the question for our determination, I wish to start my opinion with the statement by M. Hor in the article "The Privilege against Self-Incrimination and Fairness to the Accused" to the effect that: “Perhaps the single most important organizing principle in criminal law is the right of an accused not to be forced into assisting in his or her own prosecution.”