One of the lawyers for the six accused persons being prosecuted in the Nayele cocaine issue, is unhappy with the prosecution’s delay tactics in completing investigations in the case.
His comments follow another adjournment of the case to February 24th, 2014 after the state prosecutor asked for time to enable them complete their investigations.
[contextly_sidebar id=”fftLzwFbt0KZflkpvN7t7PNAxsHqGn0B”]The accused persons are; Alhaji Mohammed Alamid Dawood, Nana Akua Amponsah and Sadalia Sandra Nuhu and three other officials of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
Alhaji Dawood is said to have facilitated Nayele’s access through the VVIP lounge at the KIA while the two women have been accused of travelling with Nayele but absconded after she was arrested at the Heathrow Airport.
They were granted bail last year after their lawyer stated that their detention was unlawful.
Hearing of the case is yet to begin as state prosecutors say they are yet to complete their investigations however lawyer for the accused persons is displeased about the delay.
He said he might be compelled to resort to the court to ensure that justice is served.
Adjournments
The case involving the alleged accomplices has suffered a number of adjournments.
An Accra circuit court presided over by Justice Francis Obiri adjourned a bail application on the case from Monday, December 8th, 2014 to Friday, December 12, 2014 .
It again adjourned the bail application from December, 12, 2014 to December 22, 2014.
Aside the adjournment for a bail application, the case itself has been severally been adjourned.
An Accra Circuit court, for instance adjourned the case from January 7, 2015 to January 21, 2015.
The cocaine saga
November 16, 2014: News broke of Nayele Ametefeh’s arrest at London’s Heathrow airport in November for cocaine possession.
November 17, 2014: Government denies claim that Nayele was carrying a diplomatic passport when she was arrested.
November 17, 2014: Following the publication of the story by Citi FM, the Managing Director of the station, Samuel Attah-Mensah, was invited for questioning by BNI.
November 22, 2014: President John Mahama dissolves the governing board of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB).
November 23, 2014: Nine people arrested in connection with cocaine bust.
November 24, 2015: Director at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abiel Ashitey Armah, arrested.
November 25, 2014: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Tetteh reveals that Nayele thought she was carrying gold in her hand luggage rather than cocaine.
November 27, 2014: Nayele pleads guilty to all the charges leveled against her in a court in London.
November 30, 2014: Two female accomplices of Nayele were remanded in police custody by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly conspiring with the suspect.
December 2, 2014: Alhaji Mohammed Alamid Dawood, was arrested for allegedly aiding Nayele Ametefe and her two friends to use the VIP lounge of the Kotoka International Airport(KIA) in Accra, to transport cocaine.
December 8, 2014: A Ghanaian Times Reporter, Edem Mensah was physically assaulted by family members and friends of Nayele’s accomplices in court.
January 6, 2015: Nayele is sentenced to 8 years and 8 months in prison by the UK court.
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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