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The Attorney General (A-G) has filed a petition to end the trial of Gregory Afoko, accused of killing Alhaji Adams Mahama, former regional president of the new patriotic party in the Upper East.
The nolle prosequi following the arrest of Asabke Alangdi, the other accused at the trial, in Côte d'Ivoire last Friday
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Alangdi was on the run since the death of Alhaji Mahama in May 2015 in Bolgatanga.
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah announced the arrest of Alangdi at a press conference in Accra on Monday, January 28, 2019.
"Asabke Alangdi was arrested in Ivory Coast after more than a year of surveillance and search, during which time he moved camps from Burkina Faso to Côte d'Ivoire," he said. he declared.
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The trial of Afoko
Afoko was brought to justice for the death of the former president of the regional party and pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The trial was about to end after the prosecution and the defense closed their respective cases.
Afoko's lawyers called 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 make its address known no later than February 8, 2019, and the prosecution to do so by February 19, 2019.
The defense and the prosecution will then address the court orally on February 20 and 21, 2019, respectively.
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