Maxwell Opoku Agyemang: Shady Admissions Into Law School Got Us Free Space At KNUST

Mr. Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, the corrupt former Director of the Ghana Law School whose nomination to the Appeals Court bench has provoked petitions against him, has justified his shady admission of some 10 unqualified students into the Law School.

A statement that he has released to justify the corrupt admissions pointed out that in return for those shady admissions, the Law School was given some good space on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

“These admissions were offered without any ill-motive or for any personal gain but in the interest of the Ghana School of Law. Indeed, it should be made known that one offer of admission paved the way for the release of an entire building at KNUST which serves as the Kumasi Campus of the Law School. This enabled the School to increase the intake in Kumasi from 50 to over 200 as well as securing places for a library, staff common room, administration facility and a canteen for the students. I must stress all the decisions taken in my one year as Acting Director were in the best interest of the School and students,” he wrote.

It would be recalled that following Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang’s nomination as an Appeals Court judge, a flood of petitions was provoked with musician cum social activist, Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A-Plus, former Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yaw Brogya Genfi and later an investigative journalist, Senyo Korsi, asking the Chief Justice not to approve him.

In fact, in respect of Senyo Korsi, the journalist in addition to petitioning the Chief Justice to disapprove Mr. Opoku-Agyemang, also petitioned the IGP to investigate and possibly prosecute him for a crime.

In his response, Mr. Opoku-Agyemang admits that he undertook the admissions without the approval of the General Legal Council but that they brought benefits to the Law School.

“Much as I do not begrudge anyone who feels offended by my decision to introduce a concessionary admission policy at the Ghana School of Law, leading to the admission of 10 students without approval of the General Legal Council, it is my wish that the issue be considered dispassionately and in consideration of the service I have rendered to the Ghana School of Law. Rather than sounding repetitive, I still hold the view that denying admissions on some concessionary basis to key stakeholders of the school, such as faculty, staff and others who have contributed immensely to the School is unfair,” the embattled Opoku-Agyemang wrote.

While Director at the Law School, Opoku Agyemang used his position, and in connivance of two others, admitted 10 unqualified students into the Law School suspected to be children of either cronies or bribe-paying crooks.