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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
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Judge warns relatives
of murdered tenant
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE ABEKA
District Court in
Accra has issued
a stern warning
to the aggrieved
relatives of Benjamin
Okyere, the tenant who was
murdered by his landlord, over
their continuous disturbances at
the court.
Before the court even heard
the case, the aggrieved relatives
started chanting and drumming in
a manner that was disturbing activities
of the court.
Her Worship Mrs Achamaa
Ofosu, prior to adjourning the
case, schooled the leaders of the
aggrieved relatives on the procedure
of the case.
The court warned them to
speak to their followers not to exhibit
such conduct in the court’s
subsequent hearing of the case,
else they would be arrested and
prosecuted.
The court said it is a criminal
matter and there are procedures
that must be followed.
The court said even though it
was clear that the accused person,
Victor Nana Kankam, was seen
•Some relatives of Benjamin Okyere displaying a banner in court
committing the crime,
the procedure ought to
be followed.
The magistrate said
due to the Covid-19
pandemic, the accused
person had been remanded
in prisons
custody and would not
be brought to court
subsequently.
Meanwhile, the
prosecutor in the case,
Inspector Stephen
Ahiale, informed the
court that the autopsy
was ready and the duplicate
was being forwarded
to the Attorney
General’s Department
for advice.
The case has been
adjourned to July 6,
2020.
The accused, Nana
Kankam, allegedly shot
and killed his tenant at
Ofankor on Sunday,
May 24, 2020, because
he (the tenant) had refused
to vacate a room
he had rented the very
day the tenancy agreement
expired, which
was the day on which
he was killed.
Fallout from Saturday’s NPP primaries
Krachi East MP calls for ceasefire
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE ONLY New Patriotic Party
(NPP) Member of Parliament
(MP) in the newly-created Oti Region,
Mr Michael Yaw Gyato, has
called for truce in the party following
last Saturday’s losses some
MPs suffered in the primaries,
leading to the collection of some
items given out by some aspirants
for votes.
Fallout from last Saturday’s
elections is that some supporters
of defeated candidates are going
round collecting back items such
as bicycle and money given to delegates
because they failed to vote
for their candidates.
Based on this, Mr Gyato has
advised the losing MPs to gather
courage and fight ahead because
some of them would rise up and
come back to become MPs again.
He made this known immediately
after his acclamation last Saturday
at Dambai, the regional
capital for Oti.
Mr Gyato said even though the
Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-
Mensah-Bonsu, once stated that
Parliament is an institutional
memory but the final authority
lies with the delegates and they
have spoken.
He, therefore, called on the
ousted MPs to work hard to support
the party in making sure
come December 7, 2020 the NPP
would retain power.
Achievements
Counting on his achievement,
Mr Gyato called on the people of
Krachi East to support the NPP
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