The Attorney-General has withdrawn charges against two of Abu Trica’s accomplices, Lord Eshun and Bernard Aidoo.
Lord Eshun and Bernard Aidoo were the second and third accused persons in the ongoing extradition proceedings against Abu Trica.
In a notice signed by the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai was addressed to the Registrar of the Gbese District Court.
According to the Office of the Attorney-General, the decision was taken pursuant to Section 59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30).
The notice there by states that all charges brought against Lord Eshun and Bernard Aidoo had been withdrawn.
However, Abu Trica, the first accused in the case, remains before the court regarding his extradition proceedings.
Meanwhile, in court some days ago, the substitute judge at the District Court refused to discharge and release 2 of the 3 suspects despite the State’s decision to withdraw charges.
The State, which is the Attorney General, had filed to discontinue the case against Lord Eshun and Bernard Aidoo, two associates of Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica, who were arrested along with him.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for Abu Trica, who shared the news on X, revealed that after the Attorney-General filed the suit at the High Court to strike out the case, the substitute judge at the District Court refused to discharge and release 2 of the 3 arrested.
In his post on X, he wrote, “I just left the court in the Abu Trica matter.
The Attorney-General, after our filings in the High Court for the case to be struck out, today asked the District Court to discharge and release 2 of the 3 arrested”.
“The substitute Magistrate says no, she won’t do it. Then says “this cup will pass me by”. Adjourns it, and says we should wait for the main judge to come back on 3rd February.
I swear I for lef Ghana! Because “me ka kyerɛ broni kraa ɔngyendi.”
Robert Ishmael Aggrey Amissah, lawyer for the second accused in the extradition case involving social media influencer Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, after the proceedings to the media, they met Pontius Pilate in court.
The lawyer for the second accused likened the situation to the biblical analogy when Pontius Pilate washed his hands of the crucifixion of Jesus.
He stated, “Ghana’s legal system has been taken back 2000 years. We have come to meet Pontius Pilate in court. The state, per it own reason and volition, says that A2 and A3 they do not need desired to continue with them, so they should be discharged.
However, the Judge who was assigned to the matter today says that no, she is not going to discharge them, but defer that to the substantive Judge”.
“We have also filed additional applications to quash the entire process, as the illegality involved cannot be allowed,” he added.
See the notice below:
