[ 2012-05-05 ]

Kennedy Agyapong's Case Adjourned, AG Yet To Receive Docket
The Accra Fast Track High Court has granted a
two-week adjournment to enable the state to
receive the docket on the case involving the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP)
for Assin North, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who is
alleged to have pitted Ashantis against Gas and
Ewes.

The court granted the adjournment after a Chief
State Attorney, Ms Merley Wood, had informed it
that the police were yet to forward the docket on
the MP’s case to her outfit for study and advice.

She also cited the inability of the police to have
access to the MP for investigations due to the
fact that the court did not order him to report
himself to the police when it granted him bail in
the sum of GH˘200,000 with two sureties, on April
19, 2012.

The court, presided over by Justice Charles Quist,
averted its mind to the prosecution’s prayer for
an adjournment and subsequently adjourned the case
to May 23, 2012.

But it was silent on whether or not to order the
MP to report himself to the police on a particular
day or days.

Agyapong, who wore a locally designed outfit,
smiled at and interacted with sympathisers when he
entered the courtroom at 10:18 a.m.

The large crowd which had besieged the court
premises on April 19, 2012 when the MP was first
arraigned was missing at the court’s sitting in
Accra Friday.

Pockets of supporters were spotted around the
premises which were heavily guarded by armed
police personnel detailed there to maintain law
and order.

Although the MP had been charged with three counts
of treason felony, attempted genocide and engaging
in terrorism act for allegedly inciting Ashantis
against Ewes and Gas, as well as declaring war, on
April 19, 2012, Ms Wood informed the court that
the police had not referred the docket on the case
to her outfit for study and advice.

Lead counsel for the MP, Mr Ayikoi Otoo, expressed
surprise at the prosecution’s statement that the
police were yet to refer the docket on the case to
the Attorney-General’s Office.

He, therefore, questioned the basis upon which the
MP was charged and put before the Adjabeng
District Magistrate and, consequently, the Fast
Track High Court.

He reminded the court and the prosecution that his
client had been duly charged, his plea taken and
facts of the case read to the hearing of all
present at the Adjabeng District Magistrate and
the Fast Track High Court on April 18 and 19,
2012, respectively.

Mr Otoo argued that the prosecution generated the
facts of the case and even added that nine
vehicles had been destroyed at the Police
Headquarters when Agyapong was arrested on April
16, 2012 following his alleged intemperate
comments.

Source - Daily Graphic

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