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The trial of the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, was yesterday adjourned by the Accra High Court to May 18, this year because a key witness was indisposed.
Chief Inspector Bernard Bekoe, the investigator, was expected to mount the witness box yesterday to be cross-examined by lawyers of Mr Ofosu Ampofo.
The trial will continue in the court of Justice Samuel Asiedu, a justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as a High Court judge.
Not guilty
Mr Ofosu Ampofo and Mr Kwaku Boahen, a Deputy Communications Officer of the NDC, are standing trial over a supposedly leaked tape in which a voice, said by state prosecutors to be Mr Ofosu Ampofo’s, was heard inciting NDC supporters to perpetrate violence against the leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Peace Council (NPC).
Attempted murder: Investigator testifies in teacher who shot his pregnant wife s case
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The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said he is going to prioritise the prosecution of economic and organised crimes because they do not only affect every Ghanaian but also retard development.
He has, consequently, urged the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, to create specialised courts for the prosecution of such crimes to help in the acceleration of the national development effort.
During a meeting with the Chief Justice Monday, the minister asked him to help the A-G s office to improve conditions in the prisons and ensure that the prisons were decongested.
Understaffed
Mr Dame said the A-G s Department was understaffed, with only a few State Attorneys.
First Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu
The Bono East Regional Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to expel the First Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, from the lawmaking house.
The call by the opposition party membership comes at the back of a recent statement made by the MP.
“During the last State of the Nation’s Address of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 5, 2021, he refused to acknowledge the wicked shooting of thirteen (13) unarmed citizens of Techiman South Constituency by armed security men leading to the death of three (3). Hon. Joseph Osei-Owusu was questioned why the President did not say anything about the deaths of Ghanaians recorded at Techiman and other places. He replied by likening those shot in Techiman as criminals or armed robbers who need no commiseration,” portions of the petition ad