{"id":119237,"date":"2015-05-26T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=119237"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:00:35","slug":"afokos-brother-in-court-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=119237","title":{"rendered":"Afoko&#8217;s brother in court over Adam Mahama&#8217;s death [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gregory Afoko, brother of New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP) National Chairman, Paul Afoko has been arraigned before an Accra Court for his alleged role in the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/21\/confirmed-npp-ue-chairman-dead-after-acid-attack\/#sthash.OObQRAfC.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">acid attack that killed<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> the party&#8217;s Upper East Regional Chairman<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">,<\/span> Adam Mahama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has been charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adam Mahama was\u00a0attacked by two persons last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gregory Afoko was subsequently arrested in connection with the attack but the other accomplice is on the run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the charge sheet presented by the Police, Gregory Afoko on the day the incident happened was with the man who is currently at large.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi News<\/strong>&#8216; Fred Djabanor who was in court reported that, &#8220;the man escaped with his wife leaving their baby behind after he had hints that the Police were after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Chairman of the NPP, Paul Afoko had defended his brother, saying, Gregory Afoko was asleep at the time the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below are some photos of Gregory Afoko when he appeared in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119244\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court.jpg\" alt=\"afoko brother in court\" width=\"600\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119242\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-3.jpg\" alt=\"afoko brother in court (3)\" width=\"600\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-3-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119241\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-2.jpg\" alt=\"afoko brother in court (2)\" width=\"575\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-2.jpg 575w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afoko-brother-in-court-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photos by Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory Afoko, brother of New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP) National Chairman, Paul Afoko has been arraigned before an Accra Court for his alleged role in the acid attack that killed the party&#8217;s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adam Mahama. He has been charged with murder. Adam Mahama was\u00a0attacked by two persons last Thursday. 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