This was after Prosecuting Officer, ASP George Amega told the Accra Metropolitan Assembly Magistrate Court presided over Ali Baba that the three accused persons – Ibrahim Tetteh alias Hotcake, Moses Attoh and Abdul Rauf would have to be transferred because the police were embarking on a decongestion exercise.
He said the exercise had become necessary due to overcrowding and prayed the court to remand the three suspects into prison custody for the time being.
Counsel for the accused persons objected to the move on grounds that it would be difficult for them have conference.
However the trial judge noted that since the police were embarking on a decongestion exercise the accused persons should be sent to prison.
The other suspects Kofi Kpoh, Agenyega Amedeka, Comfort Aryeek, Samuel Kponmegbe, Otokunnor Sackey, Samuel Tetteh, Gabriel Aheto, Prince Sackey, Enoch Kofi, Joshua Tetteh, Joseph Laryea and Salifu Sumaila have been released on bail. The matter has been adjourned to November 6, 2012.
The facts of the case as presented by the prosecution are that in 2011, a certain Amadu Salifu was killed by one Alex Cudjoe (at large), adding that in the course of investigating the matter, the late chief was arraigned for abetment of murder at the James Town Magistrate Court.
He said the chief was granted bail at an Accra Human Rights Court on condition that he would not set foot in Oblogo pending final determination of the trial in order to ensure peace in the town.
According to him, the chief subsequently failed to appear before the James Town Court and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest but he appealed against the bail conditions at an Accra High Court which rescinded the decision of the Human Rights Court on grounds that it restricted his movement.
The prosecutor noted the chief was however bonded by the High Court to ensure there was peace in the town.
Mr. Amega said on April 8, 2012 the acting chief of Oblogo Nii Okine in the company of others went to the Weija Police Station to report that the late chief was seen in the company of others firing shots indiscriminately but the police rushed to the scene to find that the allegation was frivolous.
The police officer noted that the acting Oblogo chief and his alleged accomplices had earlier threatened that the unthinkable would happen if the deceased continued staying in the town.
He noted that a few days later, Nii Bibini was killed and investigations revealed that on the said date the deceased had engaged the services of a carpenter and mason to renovate some parts of his palace which was burnt.
Explaining further, the police officer stated that at about 4:00pm, a group of people including the accused persons stormed the palace of the deceased, chased him and killed him instantly.
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