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JB killer’s case:
Prosecutors buy more time
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
STATE PROSECUTORS in the trial
of suspected killers of Joseph Boakye
Danquah-Adu, then New Patriotic
Party (NPP) Member of Parliament
(MP) for Abuakwa North in the
Eastern Region, have asked for more
time to complete their investigations.
At the last adjourned date,
prosecution told the court that, the
police have stumbled upon fresh
information and would need time to
investigate it, which was granted.
Though the prosecution did not
disclose the nature of the lead to the
court, the prosecutor, Detective
Inspector Simon Apiorsornu, said the
police were working on them.
He said further that investigation
into the case was also going on after
which a duplicate docket would be sent
to the Attorney General for advice.
The trial Magistrate, Arit Nsemoh,
granted the prosecution’s request and
adjourned hearing until July 27.
The two accused persons, Daniel
Asiedu, 19, aka Sexy Don Don – a
phone dealer – and Vincent Bosso, aka
Junior Agogo – a phone repairer –
were hauled before the Accra Central
RESIDENTS OF Kofi Asare
village are appealing to the
Member of Parliament and
Upper-West Akyim District
Assembly to, as a matter of
urgency, repair the collapsed
bridge connecting the villege to
other places to prevent further
suffering.
Nana Amankwah, the
Djantuahene of Adeiso
Traditional Area, said the
absence of the bridge, which
connects commuters to
Asamankese, Adeiso through to
Suhum, was affecting the
movement of both persons and
vehicles.
He said it was frustrating
when residents, who are mostly
farmers, could not transport
their produce to marketing
District Court two days after the Accra
High Court had discharged them over
the murder of the law maker.
It would be recalled that the
Attorney General and Minister for
Justice recently entered Nolle
Prosequi to drop previous charges
against the accused persons in respect
of the case, which was at the stage of
empanelling a seven-member jury for
the trial.
Senior State Attorney, Sefakor Batse,
had told the court, presided over by
Justice Lawrence L. Mensah that per
Section 54 of the Criminal and Other
Offences Act, the Attorney General
had entered Nolle Prosequi in respect
of the case.
Daniel Asiedu and Bosso were
subsequently rearrested minutes after
their discharge and fresh charges
preferred against them.
Charge
Asiedu has been slapped with the
charge of murder while Bosso faces
abetment of murder. In the case of
Bosso, the prosecutor, DSP George
Amegah, held that at about 1:00 a.m.
on February 9, 2016 at Shiashie, East
Legon, in Accra, he abetted aaAsiedu
to commit murder.
The pleas of the two have not been
taken.
Kofi Asare village bridge
needs urgent repair
BY BENJAMIN HALLO, GNA
centres due to the collapsed
bridge.
He mentioned that
commuters now had to take a
detour in order to avoid the
collapsed bridge, lengthening
the time and increasing the cost
of travel.
The situation has persisted
for a month now.
He said the residents are
predominantly farmers and
engaged in production of
maize, cassava, cocoa and other
cash crops.
He said the opinion leaders
in the affected communities had
informed the Member of
Parliament about the worrying
situation.
He said the community was
ready to organise communal
labour to support contractors
whenever they came to
reconstruct the bridge for them.
Odartey Lamptey’s
ex-wife files for appeal
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
INFORMATION GATHERED by
the DAILY HERITAGE from the
corridors of the Civil Division of the
Court of Appeal has it that the exwife
of former Ghanaian
international footballer, Nii Odartey
Lamptey, Gloria Appiah, has filed for
an appeal over recent court decision
against her.
Madam Appiah, exactly a month
after she failed in an attempt to gain
50% share of the ex-footballer’s
assets after the Accra High Court
ruled that having three children out
of wedlock was an “adulterous” life,
has decided to go for appeal.
The paper’s source said the
aggrieved ex-wife wants to take
possession of the East Legon seven
bedroom mansion, and also wants to
lodge in the house she was told to
vacate in 30 days, hence the appeal.
It would be recalled that on June
14, 2017 Justice Cecilia Don-Chebe
• The collapsed bridge
Agbevey of the High Court put
finality to the divorce battle between
the estranged lovers, which had
lingered on since 2013.
She asked the court to award her
half of each of the ex-footballer’s
property but it was turned down by
the court. She was rather allocated
Mr Lamptey’s three bedroom house
situated at Dome as he had
proposed.
Her Lordship, Justice Cecilia Don-
Chebe Agbevey recounted that
Madam Appiah helped Mr Lamptey
in one way or another during that 21-
year period and therefore awarded
40% of a GH¢ 500, 000.00 cash as
alimony to the ex-wife, a cost Mr
Lamptey intends to appeal.
The former midfielder, who
represented Ghana at the 1992, 1994
and 1996 African Nations Cup
tournaments, secretly took samples
from the three children and did a
DNA test, which reportedly revealed
that none of the three girls were
fathered by him.
BY KWAME LEH
THE VICE Chancellor of Accra
Technical University (ATU), formerly
Accra Polytechnic, Prof Sylvester
Achio, has expressed worry about
how people's attitude towards
vocational training has hindered
efforts of institutions in achieving
their aims.
He added that inadequate,
equipment, including tools for
practical training, as well as
challenges of developing technical
vocational education and training
(TVET), had impeded progress of
the country.
Prof Achio made this known when
he was speaking at the opening
ceremony of a three-day exhibition
programme held by the ATU under
the auspices of COTVET.
According to him, people’s
attitude to vocational training, poor
funding of TVET institutions and
centres, outdated curriculums,
challenges of developing TVET
instructors, how to keep pace with
technological advancement and other
issues were limiting the capacity of
TVET institutions to realise their
potential in the country.
“In order to address this
challenges, TVET systems should be
demand-driven” and "it will be a
necessity to create a system that is
flexible and have a high rate of
participation of all concerned."
• Gloria Appiah, ex-wife of Nii Odartey
Lamptey
ATU Vice Chancellor calls for attitudinal
change toward vocational training
•Prof Sylvester Achio, Vice Chancellor, ATU opening the exhibition
Best approach
Prof Achio also explained that to
produce quality and competitive
manpower for the country's industrial
growth, TVET institutions would
have to intensify attachment,
internship and training programmes,
institute demand-driven programme
and regular review of curricula to
Her Lordship,
Justice Cecilia Don-
Chebe Agbevey
recounted that
Madam Appiah
helped Mr Lamptey
in one way or
another during that
21-year period and
therefore awarded
40% of a GH¢ 500,
000.00 cash as
alimony to the exwife,
a cost Mr
Lamptey intends to
appeal.
meet the dynamics of time,
and promote the establishment
of adequate and needed
infrastructure and human
resources base.
He said they also had to
lobby the government to
increase subventions for TVET
programmes, promote the CBT
concept of delivery and
certification and promote niche
carving.
Some of the products
displayed were early flooddetection
system, mobile
phone radiation detector, and
potable UV sterilisation
chamber furniture made out of
pine packaging box, alternator
testing device and others.
The three-day exhibition
programme, which started last
Thursday and ended on Saturday,
was aimed at marking United
Nation's World Youth Skills Day last
Thursday.
Amasaman
police grab 4
robbery
suspects
BY KWAME LEH
THE POLICE at Amasaman
within the Ga West Municipality
of the Greater Accra Region
have arrested four persons
suspected to be behind a
number of recent robbery
activities in the Nyabeman
township, near Amasaman.
The suspects are Joshua
Segbawu, aka Betoti, a labourer;
Charles Agbahoade, aka Charlie,
unemployed; Jacob Arhin,
unemployed; and Christopher
Amewugah, unemployed.
According to the Amasaman
Divisional Police Command, the
four suspects hatched a plan on
July 6, 2017, at about 4:30 a.m.,
to carry out their robbery
activities and laid an ambush in
a nearby bush.
The police explained that at
around that same time, one
Juliana Sika, the complainant in
the case who was walking along
the Nyabeman trunk road
towards the main Accra road
was attacked by the suspects.
Charles, according to the
complainant, pulled a knife and
pushed her to the ground and
overpowered her together with
the other three suspects despite
an effort to defend herself. In
the process, the robbers
succeeded in robbing her of her
Itel mobile phone valued at
GH¢ 60.00 and cash of GH¢
160.00.
The complainant, according
to the police, screamed for help
but the robbers took to their
heels and left their slippers
behind. The complainant took
the slippers to the township
where Daniel Anyigbanya, a
witness in the case, identified
one of the slippers as belonging
to Joshua.
The complainant then made
a formal complaint to the police.
When Joshua had information
that he was being sought by the
police, he allegedly went to cut
his bushy hair to avoid
identification.
He was later arrested and
during interrogations, he
mentioned Charles, Jacob and
Christopher as his accomplices.
The youth of the town
arrested them and whilst
escorting them to the police
station, Charles removed the
knife which they used to commit
the crime and threw it into the
bush, but Theophilus Nartey,
another witness in the case, who
also witnessed the act, retrieved
the knife from the bush.
At the police station, the
complainant identified the small
knife as the one which was used
to rob her. In their caution
statements, they denied the
offence, but Charles claimed
ownership of the small knife.
After investigations, they were
charged.
The four have been
remanded in police custody by
the Amasaman Circuit Court to
reappear on a later date.
Charles,
according to the
complainant,
pulled a knife and
pushed her to the
ground and
overpowered her
together with the
other three
suspects despite
an effort to defend
herself. In the
process, the
robbers succeeded
in robbing her of
her Itel mobile
phone valued at
GH¢ 60.00 and
cash of GH¢
160.00.