Accra, June 22, GNA - Proceedings at the Greater Regional Tribunal came to a halt on Thursday afternoon when an accused person stripped himself naked feigning madness. Munkaila Seidu, who was waiting for his case to be called, was seen by some people in the audience removing his clothes while proceedings were going on.

By the time the audience could raise the alarm Seidu had stripped himself naked and when he was asked to sit down and put on his clothes, he began shouting in Hausa, his mother tongue, declining the orders to do so. This compelled the court to halt proceedings. Five police officers who were called to the scene had a hectic time before dragging him to the last floor where the court's cell was. As if that was not enough, when he got to the cells, Seidu urinated and defecated and smeared the faeces all over his body. However, after court officials told Seidu that he would not be jailed but could be fined, he began to wash the faeces from his body when the Police provided him with water.

However, as soon as he finished washing down and put on his clothes the Police whisked him away to prison while the court reconvened to continue with the business of the day. Facts available to the GNA indicated that on August 19, 2006, police received information that some persons were peddling drugs near the Achimota railway line in Accra. A combined team of Policemen drawn from the Panthers Unit, Striking force and the Highway Patrol which was dispatched to the site apprehended Seidu and 48 wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were found on him.