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General News on Thursday, March 14, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-14
Gregory Afoko
The criminal division of the Accra High Court granted bail on Gregory Afoko, one of the suspects who allegedly killed the president of the High Patriotism (New Patriotic) region, Adams Mahama, in 2015.
Afoko was allowed to pay a deposit of 500,000 ¢ with two bonds, one of which must be justified.
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.
Afoko is currently facing imprisonment proceedings in the District Court.
It was after the Attorney General (AG) issued a record of ending his High Court trial that began in 2016 after the arrest of a second 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.
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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 High Patriotism (New Patriotic) region, Adams Mahama, in 2015.
Afoko was allowed to pay a deposit of 500,000 ¢ with two bonds, one of which must be justified.
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.
Afoko is currently facing imprisonment proceedings in the District Court.
It was after the Attorney General (AG) issued a record of ending his High Court trial that began in 2016 after the arrest of a second 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 Attorney General Matthew Amponsah, had summoned 14 people as prosecution witnesses.
Subsequently, Judge Lawrence Mensah, who presided over the meeting, ordered both parties to file their written addresses.
Nose prosequi
However, on January 28, 2019, the AG filed a motion to stop the trial following the arrest of the other suspect, Asabke Alangdi, who had been on the run since the incident occurred in 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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