{"id":320207,"date":"2017-05-18T05:09:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320207"},"modified":"2017-05-18T05:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:09:35","slug":"were-surprised-but-happy-with-ags-decision-delta-force-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/were-surprised-but-happy-with-ags-decision-delta-force-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re surprised but happy with AG&#8217;s decision &#8211; Delta Force lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyer of the embattled <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/06\/8-delta-force-members-arrested-after-storming-court\/\"><strong>Delta Force<\/strong><\/a><\/span> members, who were <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/06\/npp-delta-force-storms-court-set-suspects-free\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>standing trial<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for storming a Kumasi court and freeing some of their members in lawful custody, has said that he was surprised by the AG&#8217;s decision to drop charges again his clients.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was nonetheless excited they were freed since it confirmed his long-held view that they were innocent.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;EML6Y5dJh6tcZuPXHBILYmytpCYr1kSx&#8221;]The 8 members of the pro-NPP vigilante group were standing trial for forcibly freeing some of their members who were facing charges of conspiracy to assault at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and assaulting the Regional Security Coordinator from lawful custody in April this year.<\/p>\n<p>But at the hearing of the case on Wednesday, the principal State Attorney in a rather shocking statement said they did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute the accused persons.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the fact that the court raid occurred in broad daylight in the presence of many, including security officers at the court. A video footage also emerged with more details as to what happened and who<\/p>\n<p>A video footage also emerged with more details as to what happened, but according to the Attorney, the evidence was not enough hence the decision to drop charges.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0court, presided over by Her Honour, Patricia Amponsah was forced to discharge the accused persons and dismissed the case on that ground.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Matthew Appiah in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said, they were not expecting\u00a0the decision by the\u00a0state attorney. \u201cAs we have already indicated, there was no evidence to show that the accused persons were the people who forcibly entered the courtroom on that fateful day\u2026 the docket was sent to the AG\u2019s department and they studied it so that is their conclusion,\u201d he said. &#8211; See more<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we have already indicated, there was no evidence to show that the accused persons were the people who forcibly entered the courtroom on that fateful day\u2026 We thought that the Police had come with their evidence. We didn&#8217;t know the evidence they had but the docket was sent to the AG\u2019s department and they studied it so that is their conclusion&#8230;We were not expecting it, we were just informed about it by the Police this morning [Wednesday],&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State attorney didn&#8217;t consult AG before dropping charges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, government has denied that it sanctioned a decision to the drop charges against the freed <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/17\/ag-drops-charges-against-8-delta-force-court-raiders\/\">Delta Force<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>members.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Information in a statement copied to <strong>citifmonline.com<\/strong> said that the Principal State Attorney in the case did not consult the Attorney General before dropping the charges against the accused.<\/p>\n<p>It further hinted that it was further investigating the matter and will take the necessary actions to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyer of the embattled Delta Force members, who were standing trial for storming a Kumasi court and freeing some of their members in lawful custody, has said that he was surprised by the AG&#8217;s decision to drop charges again his clients. 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