Counsel for Mr Victor Selormey, former Deputy Minister of Finance, has reacted to a front-page story carried by the 'Times' on Thursday May 10, with the headline, "Selormey's Bombshell".

In a rejoinder to the story, signed by Mr Kwaku Baah, his solicitor, said that "the issues reported in the story are very prejudicial to the defence of Mr Victor Selormey who has been charged with offences in connection with some of those very matters."

It said that it was never true that Dr Boadu never provided any such consultancy services' as reported in the paper, and described the story as containing "very serious factual falsehoods. "It is also not true that the vehicle for which an amount of money was paid has not landed on the shores of Ghana.

"Indeed the vehicle has been in Ghana for more than two years and is currently being held in the custody of the police as an exhibit in the ongoing investigations.

The rejoinder described the publication in the 'Times' as a 'trial by media', which could seriously compromise Mr Selormey's right and interests.

It asked the media to allow the due process of law to take its course.