The suspect, Charles Antwi\u00a0who was arrested at the Ringway Assemblies of God church for carrying a loaded gun has confessed that he went there to kill President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n
He said this in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He told the court\u00a0presided over by Justice Francis Obiri that he “wanted to kill the President Mahama to take over his position.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”jmKIH6RhB61RPTe4U3qELswwT69JhrHC”]Charles Antwi further told the court that he “had to be sworn in as president when president John Evans Atta Mills died.”<\/p>\n
He said, that was his “fourth time going to the church.”<\/p>\n
He said in all the four, he went with a gun only three times adding that the president was in church the first time he went without any weapon.<\/p>\n
Charles Antwi insisted that “trying to kill the president was a way of fighting for the nation” explaining that the “nation’s current electoral system is not helping to improve its democracy.”<\/p>\n
He narrated that “a military personnel at the Osu Castle directed me to the president\u2019s church at Ringway.”<\/p>\n
Charles Antwi has been charged with unlawful possession of firearm.<\/p>\n
He has pleaded\u00a0has pleaded guilty to the charge proferred against him.<\/p>\n
Justice Francis Obiri, questioned the level of security around the president.<\/p>\n