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Jun
The High Court in Accra has denied the bail application of Gregory Afoko, who has been in custody for the past eight years pending his retrial. Afoko, a farmer, was one of the two individuals held for the death of Adams Mahama, the New Patriotic Party's Upper East Regional Chairman. In April, a seven-member jury returned a 4:3 not guilty verdict for Afoko on charges of conspiracy and murder, resulting in a hung jury. The High Court ordered a retrial by Justice Afua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal. Afoko's counsel, Stephen Sowah Charway, moved the application for…