Man remanded in Ablekuma Central election shootings
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Collins Quarcoo, over the alleged shooting at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre during December 7, 2020, polls, causing harm to three persons.
Quarcoo pleaded not guilty and denied the use of the offensive weapon (a Smith and Wesson SD9V 9MM pistol), and causing harm to Pious Asiedu Kwanin, a Journalist, Inspector Nixon Awuni a Police Officer and Rashid Umar, a trader.
Quarcoo will make his next appearance on December 24.
Police Inspector Eric Pobee, told the Court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh, that Inspector Awuni is stationed at the Accra Central Police Divisional Headquarters, Kwanin is with the Global News Watch while Umar is a trader and the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC), Vice Chairman, Sabon Zongo Electoral Area.
Limited healthcare impeding growth, shortening life-span of children with cerebral palsy
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She sits with her legs crossed on the bare floor in a badly lit poorly ventilated room manning her two children aged 5 and 7, also sleeping on the naked floor.
No she is not under punishment nor is it deliberate; this has been the plight of 50-year old Madam Agartha Gyanoa since she gave birth to her two girls diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) through no fault of hers.
Upon noticing abnormalities during babies’ developmental stage, she visited the hospital a couple of times but stopped along the way due to financial constraints and lack of support system. She then resorted to herbal medications with no discernible impact.
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The family of Pius Kwanin Asiedu, a journalist who was shot in the leg during a report on the 2020 general election has lauded several sponsors for bearing the full cost of his surgery.
Madam Elizabeth Akrong expressed profound gratitude to SIC Insurance, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital and Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) for the support given to her son.
Pius Kwanin Asiedu, a level 300 student at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), underwent successful surgery at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) on Friday, December 11.
General Secretary for GJA, Kofi Yeboah in a post on Facebook disclosed that Pius Asiedu received a piece of metallic medical equipment in the leg to fill a hole created by the bullet.
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