A woman who poured acid on her commercial rival to Akyem Oda was released on bail

General News of Thursday, July 11, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-07-11

The 33-year-old woman allegedly pouring acid on her commercial rival to Akyem Oda was granted a 20,000 GH ¢ bail with two bail bonds to be justified by the court of appeal. Akyem Swedru.

The court chaired by Mrs. Patricia Quansah also had the accused, Vida Odame-Boadi, aka Ama Vida, sign a pledge of good conduct until the case was closed.

The president of the court ordered him not to quarrel, to chat, to insinuate, among other conditions, and postponed the case to 14 August 2019.

Tamper justice with mercy

The bail was awarded in response to the accused's appeal that the judge should judicially alter the court order, arguing that she had learned her lesson after being remanded for two weeks and that she was also badfeeding a seven-month-old child. baby.

The president of the court asked Odame-Boadi who cared for the baby. She mentioned her husband's sister and the guard approached to show him the baby. [the judge].

The judge then called the husband of the accused, Judge Boadi, to ask him how many children he had with his wife and replied that there were four of them.

She also asked the husband who was taking care of the other three children and he said that he was responsible for it.

After being satisfied with the questions and answers, Ms. Quansah then granted the accused a deposit of 20,000 GH ¢, with two sureties to justify and a number of conditions.

Acid seller in court

Mr. Isaac Asante, the 52-year-old trader at Oda who was bought by Odame-Boadi, also appeared in court.

facts

According to the facts presented by the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Lawrence Ahiatsi, the defendants, Vida Odame-Boadi, aka Ama Vida, and the victim, Ms. Akua Dwomoh and his wife, Awo, were grocery store owners separate at Community Six, a suburb of Oda. Their shops are separated by a road.

The two men had quarreled several times and were not in good standing because Awo had had more clients than Vida.

On June 21, 2019, at around 10 pm, when Awo had closed his shop and was returning to his room after being showered, Vida, who had tense her, poured acid from her. a plastic container on his head, face, cheeks, arms and head. bads.

The accused escaped after committing the offense.

Awo, who was experiencing severe body pains, sounded the alarm and residents of the neighborhood came to her aid and complained to the Oda police station, where she received a medical form. to get to the hospital where she was admitted.

Vida was arrested the same night in her hiding place and placed in custody.

After preliminary investigations, Vida was brought before a court that placed her in custody until July 8, 2019.

During his second court appearance last Wednesday, Odame-Boadi was released on bail of an amount of 20,000 GH ¢, with two sureties to be justified.