Attorney General Takes Court of Appeal to Stop Afoko's Bail

General News on Friday, March 29, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-03-29

MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that the Attorney General had once again tried to stop bail, granting Mr. Gregory Afoko one of the suspects on trial for the murder of the accused. former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama a High Court of Accra.

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This is the second time in two weeks that the GA department has taken such a step after the first dismissal on Friday, March 22, 2019 by the High Court presided over by Judge George Buadi.

The trial judge found that the A – G 's request for continued detention of the suspect constituted an abuse of human rights enshrined in the Constitution and ruled by the Supreme Court.

He also stated that most of the arguments invoked by the A-G were already in his response to the bail application, which had initially been rejected by the same court.

The family of the suspect who had expressed concerns on Thursday about the use of certain administrative procedures to delay his release, revealed that it was justified by the most recent measures reinforcing his point of view, some executive bodies of the government played a role. role in undue delays.

Mr Gregory Afoko was released on bail two weeks ago of a sum of 500 000 GH ¢, with two surety bonds to be justified by a high court in Accra.

However, on Monday, March 15, 2019, the Public Prosecutor's Office ordered a stay of execution at a time when the suspect's family was preparing to finalize the conditions of his release on bail.

On Friday, March 22, 2019, the trial judge dismissed the claim as unfounded.

The Afoko family suspects some people in collusion with the power to manipulate the whole process and do everything in their power to frustrate them in one way or another.

This is now apparent from the latest action of the Department of Ag. The purpose of the latter was to save time for filing a complaint with the Court of Appeal.

The family found that the latest move was related to the militarization of the judiciary by the executive, who actively participates in the continued incarceration of their son, for a crime he did not commit, as he been declared at the recent press conference.