A BUSINESSMAN, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, has been remanded in police custody by the Madina District Court docket, for his alleged involvement within the homicide of investigative journalist, Ahmed Divela Suale, in 2019.
The accused, often known as Nana Amakye, would seem once more on April 1.
State prosecutors instructed the court docket that each Suale and accused have been staff of Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Tiger Eye Pi.
Previous to his alleged homicide at Madina, the prosecutor mentioned that Koranteng, 35, and Managing Director of ISPY Firm, had a number of interactions with the deceased and his members of the family.
The court docket heard that tensions escalated in June 2018 when Mr Kennedy Agyapong, the previous Member Parliament for Assin Central, within the Central Area, broadcasted photographs of Ahmed Suale on Net2 TV, calling for retribution towards the investigative journalist.
The police said that Ahmed Suale later recognized the accused as the one that supplied Mr Agyapong along with his pictures.
The prosecution mentioned on January 16, 2019, following the publication of deceased’s photographs, he was shot and killed at Madina.
It’s the case of the prosecution “that decision data positioned the accused at Madina close to Suale’s residence earlier than and on the time of the homicide.”
The prosecution famous that additional evaluation confirmed that later that very same day, the accused travelled from Madina to his residence at Amasaman late within the night at about 11:15 pm, after the homicide.
The court docket heard that throughout the investigation, the accused declined a number of police invites and later fled to the UK someplace in August 2019.
The prosecution additionally revealed that the accused later returned to Ghana and the police arrested him at Amasaman on March 15, 2025.
The prosecution mentioned Koranteng admitted figuring out the Suale, visiting Mr Agyapong, and having taken pictures with Suale, however denied promoting the pictures to anybody.
The police mentioned investigations have been nonetheless ongoing to establish different suspects within the case.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
