General News of Monday, 18 March 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

Attorney General stops Afoko’s bail

Gregory Afoko is standing trial for the murder of a former NPP Upper East Regional Chairman Gregory Afoko is standing trial for the murder of a former NPP Upper East Regional Chairman

The Attorney General has filed a stay of execution at the Accra High Court to stop the bail granted Gregory Afoko by the same court last, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed.

Sources at the court revealed to MyNewsGh.com that the stay of execution was filed on Monday morning just when the family of the suspect were readying themselves to finalize the bail conditions for his release.

The Accra High Court last Thursday granted Mr. Gregory Afoko, one of the suspects accused of the murder of Mr. Adams Mahama former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) bail in the sum of GH¢500,000 with two sureties to be justified and is required to be reporting to the police headquarters fortnightly until the final determination of the case, MyNewsGh.com has also confirmed.

Mr. Afoko has been in detention for close to four years facing trial until the Attorney General’s Department on Monday January 28, 2019 filed a “nolle prosequi”, which is a decline of interest in the case and later rearrested the suspect to be charged alongside one Asabke Alangde.

The move did not go down well with the accused who descended on the police prosecutor at the premises of the Accra District Court where he made his first appearance after trial.

He accused him of deliberately polishing lies and embellishing them just to have him jailed wondering what his motivation is for embarking on such a path.

A livid accused person also took on the Ghana Police Service for being dishonest in the discharge of its duties by piling false accusations on him as though he indeed committed the act when they themselves brought in 14 witnesses who have all failed to prove the charge.

“This man was there, 14 witnesses. Why do you treat me like this…it is bad? You can treat human like this. Be honest to yourselves this country…police be honest you are lying. Stop the lies. Am I killing Adams to take his trousers or shirt? Why do you people like twisting the story…Oh Ghana it is a shame”. He angrily stated.