Accra, May 25, GNA – Three persons are before an Accra Circuit Court over alleged damage to the Agbawe Kotoko We, valued GHC296,270.
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Ishmael Ashitey Oko, Joseph Armah Ashai and Daniel Armah Ashai have therefore been granted a GHS100,000.00 with two sureties each.
They are to report every two weeks to the Police until the determination of the case.
They have all denied conspiring to commit the unlawful damage, causing unlawful damage and threat of death.
Ishmael, Joseph and Daniel will go back to the Court on June 15, 2022.
Police Chief Inspector Samuel Ahiabor told the Court that Clement Osekre, the complainant, was a fashion designer whilst Ismael was a mechanic and both Joseph and Daniel were fishermen. They resided at Teshie.
On August 05, 2021, as the natives of Teshie were celebrating their Homowo festival, the three accused persons at Teshie, in the company of some persons at large, threatened to set the ancestral home of “Agbawe Kotoko We” ablaze and also butcher the complainant in this case.
The accused persons and their accomplices made the threat in the presence of Emmanuel Adjei Osekre, a witness in this case, Police Chief Inspector Ahiabor said.
The Prosecution said the witness quickly contacted the complainant and briefed him about the eminent threat on his life and damage of the ancestral home.
The Court heard that the complainant on receipt of the information relayed same to the family elders thus, in the evening of same day, one Leticia Osekre Tsotsoo, also a witness in this case, was in the said “Agbawe Kotoko We” when the accused persons and their accomplices went there with bottles filled with substances suspected to be petrol and implements.
The Prosecution said they chased her out of the house and set it ablaze together with its contents and on September 20, 2021, a complaint was lodged with the Nungua Police, leading to the arrest of the accused persons.
He said during investigation, a quantity surveyor by name Anthony Amoah was engaged who estimated the total cost of the damage caused to “Agbawe Kotoko We” and its contents at GHC296,270.60.
Police Chief Inspector Ahiabor said after investigation, the accused persons were arraigned.
Meanwhile, efforts are being made by the Police to arrest their accomplices.
Source: Ghana News Agency
