A District Court in Tamale has granted bail to some 17 suspects arrested in the latest chieftaincy clashes in Bimbila after a Circuit court judge earlier swerved the case. Police initially arrested 21 suspects on Thursday in Bimbila where a protracted intra – ethnic chieftaincy violence has killed many and uprooted dozens. 17 persons were […]
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A District Court in Tamale has granted bail to some 17 suspects arrested in the latest chieftaincy clashes in Bimbila after a Circuit court judge earlier swerved the case.
Police initially arrested 21 suspects on Thursday in Bimbila where a protracted intra – ethnic chieftaincy violence has killed many and uprooted dozens.
17 persons were re-arrested by the Tamale police after a screening and were formally charged for breaching curfew in a suit filed at the Circuit Court.
Ultimate News’ Eliasu Tanko reported that Prosecutors handcuffed the suspects to the court but the judge fail to turn up forcing a change of court.
Court authorities did not give details for the judge’s absence and prosecutors declined to speak on the issue.
At the district court, His lordship Anthony Aidoo Aduku sat on the case and after a short legal battle between lawyer for the accused and prosecutors granted bail to the defenders who had pleaded not guilty.
They were each given a surety of one thousand cedis(¢1,000).
Led prosecutor ASP Regina Yobo had prayed to the court to punish the accused who were arrested within curfew hours tightened by the interior ministry following the recent violence.
The lawyer argued vigorously that his clients were also escaping the clashes from work and got rounded up by the security forces.
He argued further that his clients were without weapons or any harmful objects when the police picked them and prayed to the court for their freedom.
His Lordship Anthony Aidoo Aduku granted the request of the lawyer after prosecutors failed to linked the defenders to the violence.
The judge also ordered for pictures of the accused to aid investigations and adjourned the case to a fortnight (27 February, 2017).
11 persons mostly women and children were killed on February 9, 2017 and more than ten people hospitalized in Bimbila a tinderbox of conflicts linked to chieftaincy and land.
The Gbugmayili gate members are killing themselves over which individual represents the gate for Overlord of the Nanung Traditional Area.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM
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