
Seasoned lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata stated that he harbors no resentment towards those involved in his imprisonment during the administration of former President John Agyekum Kufuor. He made this disclosure at the UPSA Law School's honorific lecture and awards ceremony on April 15, 2026, an event celebrating his contributions to Ghana's legal and public sectors. Tsikata emphasized his conscious decision to release any bitterness related to his incarceration, stating, "By Godโs grace, I have never harboured any grudges or felt bitterness against any of those who were involved in all that happened to me during the Kufuor regime." While expressing forgiveness, he condemned the experience itself, stressing that such a "desecration of justice" should not be repeated, regardless of political differences. Tsikata's legal troubles stemmed from his tenure as Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation GNPC. In 2008, he was convicted on charges of causing financial loss to the state, related to a loan guarantee he approved in the 1990s. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by an Accra Fast Track High Court. He served part of his sentence before receiving a presidential pardon in 2009 from the late former President John Evans Atta Mills. In 2010, the Supreme Court of Ghana overturned his conviction, citing flaws in the trial process and a miscarriage of justice, thereby clearing him of all wrongdoing.
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