Ofosu-Ampofo prayed that the charges against him be struck off

General News on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Source: GNA

2019-05-28

A team of lawyers defending Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, chairman of the NDC, the main opposition party, has filed a petition asking the High Court in Accra to suppress the alleged attack on his against.

The team, led Monday by Mr. Tony Lithur, told the Court presided over by Judge Samuel K. Asiedu had asked the Court to rule on the application before the start of the trial.

Mr. Abdul Basit, Counsel for Mr. Kwaku Boahen, Deputy Director of Party Communications, also requested the Court to order the Attorney General / Prosecutor to make available the logbook of the case.

Ms. Yvonne Attakora Obuobisa, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), opposed the requests of both parties, claiming that the prosecution had completed its investigation of Mr. Boahen's whereabouts on the day of the incident and that the investigation report had been filed in the registry of the court. . Judge Asiedu returned the case to 7 June.

In the meantime, Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to cause harm and aggression to a public official, while Mr. Boahen pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to cause harm and saw under the bail of $ 100,000 each with caution. According to the facts presented by the Prosecution, a by-election was held in January this year in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon following the death of his deputy. The prosecution stated that unrest had occurred during the elections and that on 3 February, Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo met with the party's communication directors at his headquarters in Adabraka, a suburb of Accra. The prosecution said that an audio recording, taken out of the meeting and broadcast by various media, contained a roadmap outlining the criminal activities of the President of the Electoral Commission (EC) and its president. of the National Peace Council, among others. The prosecution said that the recording had been intercepted by the criminal investigation department of the police department.

The prosecution said in the audio that Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo had been heard urging the party's communicators to attack the presidents of the Commission and the Peace Council and to maneuver to brutalize their opponents and create a general feeling of insecurity in the country.

The AG said the conspiracy against orchestrated electoral violence would be attributed to the new ruling party, the patriotic party.

The prosecution said that Mr Boahen had also confirmed his presence at the meeting and had confessed that the content of the recording was true on a popular radio station.