State prosecutors fail to appear in court for Ametefe cocaine case


The Attorney General's department on Monday failed to appear in court in the case involving six people who are being tried in connection with the exportation of 12.5 kilograms of cocaine to the UK by one Nayele
Ametefeh. 

This compelled the Circuit court in Accra to adjourn to Tuesday December 23, 2014 on a ruling on a second application for bail for the suspects.

The decision of the court follows a re application for the liberty of the suspects by the defence counsels after the prosecution failed to turn up in court. The court at its last sitting declined bail and adjourned the case to today to allow the state ample time to start trial. 

However, no single representative of the attorney general was present in court when the case was called this morning. 

The defence reapplying for bail noted that it is incumbent on the prosecution to be in court on time, urging the court to grant bail to the suspects to enable them enjoy the yuletide. 

The counsels intimated that the prosecutor's inability to show up in court connotes their unpreparedness to try the case. 

The suspects include a deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Abiel Ashitey Armah, Ahmed Abubakar and Theophilus Kissi all stationed at the Kotoka International
Airport. 

The rest are Sadalia Nuhu, Nana Akua Amponsah and Alhaji Mohammed Dawud, all business tycoons and friends to the convict Nayele
Ametefeh. 

Both Sadalia and Nana Akua are charged with conspiracy while the rest face a charge each for abetment. All six have pleaded not guilty and remain in BNI custody.


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