An Accra Fast Track Court hearing the case of two former Ministers of State on Monday adjourned the case to Monday 3 February, at the instance of a defence counsel because his client Victor Serlomey who is already serving a four-year jail term was not in court.

Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi, ex-minister for Trade and Industry and Selormey, deputy minister for Finance are being tried on seven counts of conspiracy to commit crime, defrauding by false pretences and wilfully causing a total loss of 2.73bn cedis to the State.

They have denied all the charges and are currently on self-recognisance bail in the sum of 3bn cedis each. When the court resumed sitting at 12:10 noon, Selormey was absent. His counsel Johnny Quarshie-Idun reminded the court that at its last sitting his client was to visit the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for a review and indicated that he would be present in court for the trial to continue.

"I was hoping to see my client here but he did not turn up, I would plead with the court to adjourn the matter to next Monday by which my client would be here for trial to continue." The trial judge Justice Stephen T. Farkye obliged and adjourned the case.