{"id":403262,"date":"2018-02-21T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403262"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:41:32","slug":"new-juaben-npp-organizer-others-granted-bail-after-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/new-juaben-npp-organizer-others-granted-bail-after-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Juaben NPP organizer, others granted bail after robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to the four suspects standing trial for allegedly carrying out a robbery attack on the New Juaben South New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Secretary, Isaac Agyabeng.<\/p>\n
The court, presided over by her Ladyship Mercy Addae-Kotei, granted them bail in the sum of GHc 100.000 each.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”28rWWFv4tp5h63gv84cuT7AYcvsMWie9″]The suspects: Alex Owusu and Wadoski, were arrested by the police on Monday for breaking into the home of the NPP Secretary.<\/p>\n
They are alleged to have stolen GHc4,000, mobile phones and an envelope containing albums and documents intended for the constituency elections.<\/p>\n
Reports indicate that they were contracted by Obeng Manu, the New Juaben South NPP organizer and one Justice Afful. Two of the robbery suspects are at large.<\/p>\n
The lawyer for the accused persons, Francis Poley, argued that his clients were not a threat to police investigations and, thus, qualified for bail.<\/p>\n
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The suspects, who were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime to wit robbery and robbery, will appear before the court on March 21, 2018.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Obeng Manu and Justice Afful reportedly drove the suspected robbers to the residence of the Constituency Secretary at Koforidua.<\/p>\n According to the police, the suspects forced their way into the house, but the Constituency Secretary was not available.<\/p>\n The Constituency Secretary’s aide, Pious Tevi, was however attacked, tied and blindfolded by the robbers. The house was also ransacked.<\/p>\n Robbers charged GHc1,000<\/strong><\/p>\n The Police Commander said the suspects confessed that they charged GHc1,000 from Obeng Manu and Justice Afful, but the amount was reduced to GHc800 after negotiations.<\/p>\n They also confessed to receiving GHc400 on Sunday, February 18, 2018, with an assurance of getting the remaining amount after the work was done.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Nii Amartey Kanarku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to the four suspects standing trial for allegedly carrying out a robbery attack on the New Juaben South New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Secretary, Isaac Agyabeng. The court, presided over by her Ladyship Mercy Addae-Kotei, granted them bail in the sum of GHc 100.000 each. [contextly_sidebar id=”28rWWFv4tp5h63gv84cuT7AYcvsMWie9″]The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":402651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[381,3,602,11176],"yoast_head":"\n