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General News of Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
2019-07-30
The "lucky" suspects received a deposit of 200,000 GH ¢ each, with two bonds to justify
A high court in Accra granted a bond of GH ¢ 800,000 to four of the eight people arrested for their involvement in the abduction of two Canadian women in Kumasi last month.
Seidu Abubakari, aka Mba, who reportedly led the group, Abdul Nasir, Safianu Abubakari and Abdul Rahman Suleiman, aka Wofa, were released on bail and their rented vehicle was used during the kidnapping.
The other defendants, including Sampson Aghalor, aka Romeo, are believed to be Nigeria's main official, Elvis Ojiyorwe, Jeff Omarsar and Yusif Yakubu are still in detention.
The "lucky" suspects were released on bail at 200,000 GHAC, with two bonds to justify. They were also ordered to report to the Kumasi Central Police every Monday.
The other four were returned to the custody of the National Investment Bureau (BNI) and returned to court on August 12.
Bonding requests
Referring to the bail application, Andrew Vortia, lawyers for Seidu Abubakari and Abdul Nasir, told the court, presided over by Judge George Buadi, that the facts of the case only indicated that his clients had been mentioned by other accused. in the kidnapping, but nothing linked them to the crime.
"Looking at the information sheet, roles were badigned to all the defendants but none to my clients and I am firmly convinced that my clients did not participate in the kidnapping," insisted. ;lawyer.
Edna Ivy Adabayeri, who represented Safianu Abubakari, also badured the court that her client would appear for trial and requested the court to admit him on bail pending trial.
Joseph Yankson, who represented Abdul Rahman Suleiman, also urged the court to grant his client's bail pending trial.
The state represented by Hilda Craig, a senior prosecutor general, did not oppose the bail applications, but urged the court to set conditions to ensure that the defendants are availing themselves of their lawsuit .
Stop
On June 12, a Ghanaian security operation led by National Security rescued the two Canadian women abducted from their homes in the suburbs of Kumasi last month.
They reportedly abducted their victims and placed them in an unfinished building on the outskirts of a city, and claimed a ransom of $ 800,000.
The two ladies had climbed into an Uber hotel in Nhyiaeso, behind the Vienna hotel, but they had been approached by the defendants upon their arrival at destination and had got off the car.
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