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The criminal division of the Accra High Court granted bail on Gregory Afoko, one of the suspects who allegedly killed the president of the Upper East East region of the new Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Adams Mahama, in 2015.
Afoko has been allowed to pay a 500,000 Ghc bond with two bonds, one of which must be justified, reports Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson of Grsphic Online.
As part of bail conditions, the court, chaired by Judge George Buadi, also ordered Afoko to report every two weeks to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghanaian police.
Bail was the result of a bail application filed by Afoko's lawyers.
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Afoko is currently facing imprisonment proceedings in the District Court.
It was after the Attorney General (AG) filed a no-go record to end his trial in the High Court that had started in 2016 after the arrest of the other suspect, Asabke Alangdi.
Context
Alhaji Mahama was seriously injured bodily after an allegedly acidic substance was allegedly poured in front of his home in Bolgatanga on May 20, 2015. He died as a result of his injuries at the Bolgatanga General Hospital.
The Afoko trial began in 2016 and was about to end after the prosecution and defense closed their cases.
On January 26, 2019, Afoko filed his case after the testimony of his brother, John Ishmael Afoko.
The prosecution, headed by a prosecutor general, Matthew Amponsah, had summoned 14 people as prosecution witnesses.
Subsequently, the presiding judge, Judge Lawrence Mensah, ordered both parties to file their written addresses.
Nolle prosequi
However, on January 28, 2019, the AG filed a motion to quash the trial following the arrest of the other suspect, Asabke Alangdi, on the run since the incident occurred. 2015.
Afoko and Alangdi were later brought before the Central District Court of Accra on the provisional charge of conspiracy to commit murder and murder for murder, which is a prelude to the trial in the United States. High Court.
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