{"id":308596,"date":"2017-04-06T18:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=308596"},"modified":"2017-04-06T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:54:36","slug":"bench-warrant-issued-for-runaway-delta-force-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/bench-warrant-issued-for-runaway-delta-force-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Bench warrant issued for runaway Delta Force members"},"content":{"rendered":"
A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of the thirteen (13) members of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, who were aided by their colleagues to escape from a Kumasi Circuit Court, where they were facing trial.<\/p>\n
A group of Delta Force members\u00a0numbering more than 20 vandalized some notice boards and furniture belonging to the court, and freed the 13 who were remanded for earlier disturbances at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3ksI79Qi70P5t3DlAZvGNMDxlDADbfmx”]The 13 \u00a0were detained in connection with the group\u2019s raiding of the Regional Coordinating Council on March 24, 2017, where they were alleged to have assaulted the newly appointed Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei, who they said they could not work\u00a0with.<\/p>\n
Confirming the latest arrest to Citi News,<\/strong> the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yaw Nketiah-Yeboah, said”the 13 accused persons of the Delta Force members appeared before the Kumasi Metrpolitan Asembly KMA in court presided over by her Lordship, Mary Senkyire. They were remanded into prison custody to reappear before the court on April 20, 2017.<\/p>\n “Their lawyers pleaded for bail, but that was declined by the sitting Circuit Court Judge. Their supporters on hearing this, moved to the court premises, and in the process, all the 13 accused persons, escaped through the back door used only by the Judge. A bench warrant has therefore been issued for their arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, eight (8) persons suspected to have aided their escape from the court premises, have also been arrested and are presently<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>in police custody.<\/p>\n