The High Court in Accra has granted bail in the sum of GH₵500,000 with two sureties to Mr Gregory Afoko after almost a decade on remand while standing trial for his alleged role in the murder of the late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama.
The Court presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons ordered him to produce two sureties, one of whom is to be justified with a landed property.
He’s also expected to report to the police investigator on the case. His previous bail applications had been denied under the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.
Afoko and his co-defendant, Asabke, who was earlier convicted and sentenced to death for conspiracy, are currently facing retrial for murder.
The two have had their plea retaken, and the fifth prosecution witness has already been discharged with the six expected before the Court presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons.
They are alleged to have poured acid on Adams Mahama, a former Upper East Regional chairman of the NPP, leading to his death on May 20, 2015.
Gregory Afoko is brother to a former NPP National Chairman, Paul Afoko, who was suspended from the party in October of that same year, 2015. In court on Friday, the prosecution did not oppose the bail application, after the defence lawyers had offered sufficient proof that they could meet the bail conditions.
The defence counsel told the Court that, the brother of the accused Paul Afoko, is ready to stand as surety for him and has a fixed place of abode.
The suspect had two trials – one was aborted in 2019 and the other went through full trial and jury returned verdict on April 27, 2023.
Afoko’s previous trial ended in a hung jury, with a 4-3 not guilty verdict in his favour on April 27, 2023.
The court ordered a retrial, which is currently underway with the substantive hearing adjourned to March 5, 2025.
Source: Joy News
