Tsatsu Tsikata gets 5 years

Many readers would have read the judgement passed on Tsatsu Tsikata a former Chief Executive of the Ghana national Petroleum Corporation( GNPC), to five years imprisonment for wilfully causing financial loss to the state and misapplying public property.

This was reported last week on ghananweb.com and modernghana.com respectively. One agrees that it is right to hold people to account and the seriousness of this case.
However, although one recognised the seriousness of the case, there are some few questions which one would like clarified to the ordinary lay person.

Was Tsatsu's decision to invest with Government funds illegal Valley Farms or just inappropriate?

Does this action equate to a criminal activity?

Did Tsatsu personally gain from this activity?

As a member of the previous Government was this case brought due to a political motives?

It would be helpful to get answers to these concerns in order to fully understand the processes.