Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Thursday December 9, 2010
THE TRIAL of 15 persons accused of the murder of Ya Na Yakubu Andani II, overlord of Dagbon in 2002 could not be heard as scheduled because the machines used in recording the proceedings have developed faults.
The court presided over by Justice EK Ayebi of the Court of Appeal had no option but to adjourn the proceedings until Friday December 10, 2010 by which time the machines could have been repaired.
The prosecution led by Ms. Gertrude Aikins, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) was expected to move a motion the state filed to have the case re-opened to enable them call more witnesses to testify but is likely to be moved on Friday for the defense team to reply.
All the 15 accused persons, except Zakaria Yakubu aka Zakaria Forest, the seventh suspect who is currently at large, were in court.
They have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, with Forest (A7) facing an additional charge of murder.
They are currently on remand except Iddrisu Iddi aka Mbadugu, due to old age.
Apart from the Mbadugu, those on trial are Alhaji Baba Abdulai Iddrisu aka Zohe, Kwame Alhassan aka Achiri, Mohamadu Abdulai aka Samasama, Sayibu Mohammed, Alhassan Braimah and Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani, 45, former District Chief Executive (DCE) of Yendi as second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth accused persons respectively.
The rest are Baba Ibrahim aka Baba Zey, Alhassan Mohammed aka Mohammed Cheampon, Mohammed Mustapha, Shani Imoro, Yakubu Yusif aka Leftee and Hammed Abukari Yussif and Abdul Razak Yussif aka Nyaa as 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th accused persons respectively.
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