Gregory Afoko, accused of murdering former Higher East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP), Adams Mahama, has been granted bail by an Accra High Court after spending practically a decade in remand.
The courtroom set bail at GHS 500,000, requiring two sureties who should justify their belongings with landed property. Moreover, Afoko should report back to the Regional Crime Officer in Accra or the Director-Common of the CID each two weeks till a ultimate verdict is reached.
This determination follows a 3rd bail utility filed by Afoko’s authorized workforce on seventeenth February, which was heard by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons.
Background
In April 2024, a seven-member jury presided over by Justice Merley Afua Wooden, a Justice of the Courtroom of Enchantment sitting as an extra Excessive Courtroom choose, unanimously discovered Asabke Alangdi responsible of conspiring with Gregory Afoko to homicide Mahama in 2015. Nevertheless, the jury delivered a 4-3 verdict of ‘not responsible’ on Afoko’s charges of murder and conspiracy to commit homicide.
This meant each males had been acquitted of homicide, however Alangdi was convicted of conspiracy to commit homicide and subsequently sentenced to dying. He has since appealed the ruling.
Case Particulars
In keeping with the prosecution, on 14th Could 2015, Paul Afoko (Gregory Afoko’s brother) and Kwabena Agyepong, then Nationwide Chairman and Common Secretary of the NPP, arrived in Bolgatanga for a gathering.
The deceased, Adams Mahama, allegedly orchestrated an assault on them utilizing a bunch of thugs, disrupting a deliberate marketing campaign assembly on the Azumsolon Visitor Home. The assembly was reportedly organized with out Mahama’s data and was seen as opposing the then-flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Though the police ultimately restored order, Afoko, angered by the incident, confronted Mahama however was chased away by one other group of thugs.
Formation of One other Group
Following this incident, Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangdi allegedly fashioned a youth group to guard people perceived to be in opposition to Nana Akufo-Addo.
The prosecution acknowledged that the accused held a number of conferences with this group. Then, on twentieth Could 2015, they allegedly ambushed Mahama outdoors his residence and attacked him with a substance suspected to be acid.
Mahama’s spouse additionally suffered burns on her chest and breast whereas making an attempt to help her husband. When she requested what had occurred, Mahama reportedly named Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangdi as his attackers.
Aftermath
Mahama succumbed to his accidents whereas being airlifted to Accra for remedy. Afoko was later arrested and led the police to Asabke’s father’s home.
Nevertheless, by the point police traced Asabke’s residence, he had fled along with his spouse, abandoning their child within the course of.
A autopsy examination confirmed that Mahama died from shock lung syndrome and in depth acid burns.
