[ 2012-04-24 ]

Lawyer Ayikoi Otoo is lead counsel for Ken Agyapong

Drop charges against Ken Agyapong or risk a knockout – Ayikoi Otoo
Nii Ayikoi Otoo, the lead counsel for embattled MP
for Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong, has advised the
Attorney General and government for that matter to
drop the charges leveled against his client or
risk losing the case in court.

Hon. Agyapong is expected to appear in court today
to defend the stay of the Habeas Corpus writ filed
by his lawyers for which he was granted the first
bail - given on health grounds. Some other lawyers
have, however, described the bail granted on the
grounds of the Habeas Corpus as “unreasonable.”

The lawmaker after spewing vitriolic words
described by many as one that could incite ethnic
violence was charged with treason felony,
attempted genocide and terrorism. He was granted a
GH¢ 400,000 bail with two sureties.

Speaking in an interview with Citi News, the
former Attorney General under the Kufuor
administration, indicated that “if you listen
carefully to the ruling of His Lordship Mr.
Justice Quist, he suggested to them that the facts
do not seem to support the grave charges they’ve
preferred against Mr. Kennedy Agyapong and
therefore they should rather go back and look at
section 207 and 208 of the criminal offences
Act.”

He added: “In other words if they persist with
this kind of trial, the judge is going to throw
them out, they would lose at the end of the day.
These grave offences which attract death penalties
and the rest have now almost been thrown out of
the window.”

“If I were the Attorney General, I would just call
my DPP [Director of Public Prosecution], call some
of the senior prosecutors at the place and then
we’d sit down and then look at the way forward and
if I happened to be them, I’d just drop all these
charges,” Lawyer Otoo counseled the State.

Source - Citifmonline

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