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The former Ashaiman MP asked the police to invite him or to clear his name from the case of Felix Ansah, an avowed ritual murderer, whose former jobs included the burial of a pregnant woman for him (the deputy).
Mr Koblah Senanu, lawyer for MP Alfred Agbesi, said his client’s name should be struck off the record and the police should apologize to the MP.
He noted that the continued use of the former MP’s name in this case amounted to defamation.
Mr Senanu told an Accra circuit court that since the taxi driver’s case came up his client’s name was all over the media and the former MP was being dismissed wherever he went to. because of the report.
According to Senanu, the former deputy was a senior official, a former president of the court and three times deputy of Ashiaman and he would not engage in such an act.
The lawyer said: “If this was a person in high office, the police would have investigated the level of allegation against her, noting that in this case no one called her client to this subject.”
He said the police must conduct concrete investigations before “spreading the bean”.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sylvester Asare said the MP, as a senior member of the state, may also visit the Criminal Investigation Department to make a statement on the matter.
ASP Asare said police were investigating the tentacles of the case.
Felix Ansah, a taxi driver, who allegedly confessed to killing many people for ritual purposes, including burying a pregnant woman in Ashaiman, got GHS 60,000 on two bail.
Ansah told host Captain Smart on an Onua TV morning show “Maakye” that the burial of a pregnant woman was allegedly done for a former member of Parliament for Ashaiman.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge of publishing false news.
The prosecution, recounting the facts, told the court that in September of this year, the attention of the police was drawn to a statement made or published in the program “Maakye” on the Onua television channel by the accused that he had buried pregnant. living woman in Ashaiman.
The prosecutor said that upon receiving the information, the police opened an investigation into the case, which led to the arrest of the accused.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the accused was a taxi driver and resided in Weija, Accra.
The prosecution stated that it was also established during the investigation that on September 2 this year, on the morning show of Onua TV namely “Maakye” with the host, Captain Smart, the ‘accused in a response to a question from the host said that he (accused) had killed many people in the past.
He said he said he buried a pregnant woman alive in Ashaiman to perform rituals for a former member of Ashaiman.
The prosecution said the police, however, had not yet extended the investigation to the location where the pregnant woman and the others mentioned were buried by the accused.
GNA
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