Indexing government scandals one at a time
A human rights lawyer, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu, has described a High Court ruling rescinding the bail granted Mr Gregory Afoko, a suspect being tried for the murder of the governing New Patriotic Party’s Upper East regional chairman, Adams Mahama, in 2015 as disappointing and an affront to the rule of law.
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Merley Wood quashed a bail granted by another High Court judge, Justice George Buadi in March this year.
Although the suspect met all the bail conditions, the state ignored the court’s ruling and continued to hold the suspect in custody for about three months.
Human Rights group, Amnesty International has also described the latest development in the ongoing trial of Gregory Afoko as a mockery of the country’s legal system.
July 15, 2019
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