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General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-01-29
The fugitive, Asabke Alangdi
The second suspect in the badbadination of the former regional president of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Upper East East Regional District, Alhaji Adams Mahama, was arrested.
The suspect, Asabke Alangdi, was arrested in Côte d'Ivoire on 25 January 2019 following a collaboration between Ghanaian security agencies and Interpol.
Given this, the Attorney General (A-G) filed a motion to terminate the trial of Gregory Afoko, the other accused who had been tried for the death of the former president of the regional party.
The death of Alhaji Mahama
Alhaji Mahama was seriously injured after an allegedly acidic substance was allegedly poured outside his home in Bolgatanga around 11 pm. May 20, 2015. He later died as a result of his injuries at the Bolgatanga General Hospital.
Afoko was brought to justice for the death of the former regional party president and pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Alangdi, the other accused, was on the run since the alleged crime was committed.
Indictment of 48 hours
Questioning the press about Alangdi's arrest, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said: "The arrest of the fugitive took place after more than a year of surveillance and search during which he moved camps from Burkina Faso to Côte d'Ivoire.
"We expect the suspect to be taken into custody in the next 48 hours and be brought to court so that he can start his trial," he said.
The minister said that Alangdi was the second person suspected of conspiring with the first suspect Afoko in the killing of Alhaji Mahama on May 20, 2015.
"It will be remembered that on that day, Mr. Mahama was attacked with acid in front of his home in Bolgatanga, resulting in his death," he said.
According to him, investigations revealed that Mr. Mahama's death was caused by Afoko and Alangdi.
"Alangdi, however, fled Ghanaian jurisdiction in the days following the murder and has been on the run ever since.
Ghanaian security agencies have been looking for him ever since.
"Afoko, however, has been apprehended by the police and has been tried ever since," he said, adding that the Afoko case was ongoing in the Accra High Court, presided over by Judge Lawrence L. Mensah, and was adjourned until February 20, 2019 for the lawyers to address the jury.
New trial of two suspects
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah stated that while the trial was continuing, constant efforts were made to apprehend the fugitive Alangdi until his arrest on January 25, 2019 with the help of Interpol.
He pointed out that the arrest of Alangdi had required the filing of a report in the ongoing trial in the case against Grégoire Afoko Republic.
"This was done about an hour ago with the aim of ending the initial trial in order to allow the two accused to be judged together in order to best serve the interests of justice.
"The process of incarceration of the two accused will soon begin so that they can be tried as quickly as possible," he said, noting that the two defendants would be charged with conspiracy and murder.
Accelerated test
To ensure the speedy trial of the two people, Oppong Nkrumah said that the state intended to ask the president of the Supreme Court to appoint a judge appointed for an expedited trial of the two persons, taking into account the history of the two. ;case.
"The government badures all Ghanaians that it will not refuse any effort to bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes committed in this jurisdiction," he added.
The trial of Afoko
The trial of Afoko began in 2016 and was about to be completed after the prosecution and the defense closed their respective cases.
On January 26, 2019, his defense filed the case after calling two witnesses – Afoko himself and his older brother, John Ishmael Afoko – to testify in court.
Prior to Afoko's defense, the prosecution, headed by Attorney General Matthew Amponsah, had summoned 15 people as prosecution witnesses.
With the prosecutor and the defense closing their cases, the presiding judge, Judge Lawrence Mensah, ordered both parties to file their written addresses.
The defense was ordered to file its address no later than February 8, 2019 and to continue to do so by February 19, 2019 at the latest.
The defense and the prosecution were ordered to address the court orally on February 20 and 21, 2019, respectively.
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