The seven New Patriotic Party (NPP) members suspected to have played various roles in disturbances at Gwollu in the Sissala West District, have been granted a Ghc5,000 each with two sureties by a Wa High Court.<\/p>\n
The court, presided over by Justice Kwesi Boakye, took the decision after counsel for the\u00a0seven, Ubaidu Sadique, appealed for their release initially at a Wa Circuit court.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”00QoDWWnQtEKZ4dXUT88c3vrlCsw6Hk1″]The large number of people gathered up at the Circuit Court, prompted the transfer of the case to the High Court, possibly for security reasons.<\/p>\n
Despite the bail, the accused persons are to\u00a0report weekly to the Sissala West District Police Commander, starting next Monday, November 6.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, Lawyer Ubaidu Sadique said\u00a0he felt justice has been\u00a0served “because there was no basis for the seven to have been remanded because all the ingredients for them to have been granted bail were available.”<\/p>\n The substantive\u00a0case<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is yet to be determined at the Wa Magistrate Court, which will continue hearing the matter on Wednesday, November 8.<\/p>\n The seven have\u00a0been\u00a0charged with\u00a0rioting and are suspected to have instigated the youth, who stormed the\u00a0DCE\u2019s office<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>and locked it up.<\/p>\n The agitating youth also complained that\u00a0they were being neglected in favour of people aligned to the DCE,\u00a0Mohammed Bako.<\/p>\n The Sissala West Constituency Chairman of the\u00a0NPP was one of the suspects remanded on Wednesday November 1, 2017.<\/p>\n The other six were identified as Alidu Mumuni, Mahamudu Forkah, Walika Iddrisu, Adamu Sumani, Zaato,\u00a0Sulley\u00a0 Mohammed and Gbene Lukeman.<\/p>\n