Treason

25 Jan

Attorney General Explains How Convicted Coup Plotters Planned To Kill President Akufo-Addo And Others

wontumionlineNewscoup plotters, Treason

Six persons including three soldiers have been sentenced to death by hanging for high treason. The Accra High Court on Wednesday afternoon found them guilty for plotting to overthrow the government. The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame after the judgment spoke to journalists outside the courtroom. He summed up how the persons involved in the coup plot recruited various military officers and devised with them on means of “ensuring that the president [Akufo-Addo] will be killed and that various other persons will also be killed” in addition to various other strategies. Watch video below Source: Graphiconline

18 Jan

High Court Re-Orders Dr Mac-Palm, Nine Others To File Disclosures

wontumionlineNewsAccra Circuit Court, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, Treason

The Accra High Court trying Dr Frederick Mac-Palm and nine others for treason, on Monday re-ordered the accused persons to file their disclosures. The accused persons failed to comply with the order made six months ago by the three-member-panel Court but they pleaded for more time to do so. The Court stated that none of the accused persons challenged its ruling that they had to answer the charges against them, except that only two of them applied for a stay of proceedings. They are to file their disclosures by January 27, 2023 and make their next appearance on February 1,…