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General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-01-29
play the videoGregory Afoko angry spoke after a hearing in a district court in Accra
The first accused in the Adams Mahama case, Gregory Afoko, expressed outrage at the Attorney General's decision to file a no-protest report in the High Court only to re-launch the case with another suspect.
Grégory Afoko expressed his anger after a hearing in a district court in Accra, where he was reinterpreted alongside the second suspect, Asabke Alangdi, who was arrested in Ivory after being hidden for nearly half a year. a year.
"Why are you treating me like that? You brought 14 witnesses and they were all removed. and you are always polishing these lies. I have done nothing wrong. Why are you treating me like that? The police be honest, stop the lies. I did not commit any crime. That man [Adams Mahama] is the son of my sister. Why are you distorting history? ", Is he complaining after the trial.
"Am I killing Adams to take his pants or his shirt? You are distorting the stories. "
According to Afoko, he is innocent of the charges against him and further questioned the reason for being prosequi nose.
He said that he would never kill anyone, leaving only his brother in reference to Adams Mahama.
Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangdi have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Both defendants were placed in the custody of the National Investigation Bureau (BNI) and should be returned to court on February 12, 2019.
The case against Gregory Afoko, which was almost over, was stopped and a news was opened following the arrest of the second suspect.
Second suspect arrested, trial to start again
Ghanaian security agencies, working in collaboration with Interpol, arrested the second suspect in Côte d'Ivoire after hunting him for about a year.
Adams Mahama was reportedly attacked in front of his home in Bolgatanga by an acid that allegedly caused his death in May 2015.
At a press conference in Accra on Monday, the information minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said that the fugitive, Asabke Alangdi, had been arrested in Ivory Coast after more than a year. a year of surveillance and search, a period during which he had transferred camps from Burkina Faso to Côte d'Ivoire.
Mr. Asabke was the second person suspected of conspiring with the first suspect, Gregory Afoko, during the murder of the deceased.
Investigations revealed that his death was caused by both people, Afoko and Alangde.
However, Mr. Alangde fled Ghanaian jurisdiction in the days following the murder and has been on the run ever since. Ghanaian security agencies had been driven out of him ever since.
Mr. Afoko, however, was apprehended by the police and has since been tried. The case is currently being tried by Judge L Mensah sitting as Deputy Judge at the High Court and was sent back to February 2019 to allow lawyers to address the jury.
The minister said that as long as this trial was ongoing, constant efforts were under way to apprehend fugitive Alangde.
"He was arrested on Friday, January 25, 2019 with the badistance of Interpol," he added.
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