By William Yaw Owusu
Tuesday June 15, 2010
The former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Yendi, Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani, 45, who was arrested for alleged murder was yesterday remanded into police custody by the Adjabeng Magistrate Court in Accra.
The court presided over by Patricia Quansah remanded the former DCE because a Principal State Attorney, Rexford Wiredu had told the court that counsel for the accused was not present.
The former DCE has been charged with two counts of abetment and murder.
His plea was not taken and was remanded to re-appear in court tomorrow.
He was said to have been invited by the BNI from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) where he is currently pursuing an academic programme.
Upon arrival at their offices at 10am last Saturday June 12, he was arrested and detained until at about 4pm when he was transferred to the CID headquarters where he is being held for questioning.
Information DAILY GUIDE has indicates he declined to write a statement insisting that he would only oblige in the presence of his counsel.
Tijani was DCE for the Yendi District at the time of the Dagbon crisis and received accolades from the Wuaku Commission which was empanelled to probe the murder of the Dagbon Overlord.
Factional fighting broke out in Yendi between 25th and 27th March 2002 during which Ya Na Yakubu Andani II was murdered alongside others.
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