Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman has requested the police to ask him or expunge his title from the case of Felix Ansah, a self-confessed ritual assassin, whose previous jobs included burying a pregnant lady for him (the MP).
Koblah Senanu, lawyer for the MP, Alfred Agbesi, stated his shopper title needs to be expunged within the information and the Police should apologize to the MP.
He famous that the continual use of the previous MP’s title within the case amounted to defamation.
Mr. Senanu instructed an Accra Circuit Court docket that for the reason that case of the taxi driver got here up, his shopper’s title was all around the media and the previous MP was being shunned wherever he went due to the reportage.
In response to Mr. Senanu, the previous MP was a senior public officer, a former Tribunal Chairman and three-time MP for Ashiaman and he wouldn’t have interaction in such an act.
Counsel stated, “If it had been an individual in excessive workplace, the police would have investigated the allegation degree in opposition to her or him noting that within the immediate case, nobody has known as his shopper over the problem.”
He stated the Police should do concrete investigations earlier than “spilling the beans.”
Assistant Superintendent of Police Sylvester Asare stated the MP as a senior member of State might additionally walked to the Prison Investigations Division to offer an announcement in respect of the matter.
ASP Asare stated the Police had been investigating the tentacles of the matter.
Felix Ansah, a taxi driver, who allegedly confessed killing many individuals for ritual functions, together with burying a pregnant lady at Ashaiman, has been granted GHS 60,000 with two sureties.
Ansah indicated on “Maakye” an Onua TV morning present, to the host Captain Sensible, that burying of a pregnant lady was achieved allegedly for a former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman.
He pleaded not responsible to the cost of publication of false information.
The Prosecution, narrating the information, instructed the Court docket that someday in September this 12 months, the eye of Police was drawn to an announcement made or revealed on the “Maakye present” on Onua Tv station by the accused particular person to the impact that he buried pregnant lady alive at Ashaiman.
The Prosecutor stated upon the receipt of the data, the Police launched investigations into the matter, which led to the arrest of the accused particular person.
It stated preliminary investigation revealed that the accused particular person was a taxi driver and resided at Weija, Accra.
The Prosecution stated it was additionally established throughout investigation that on September, 2, this 12 months, at Onua TV morning present specifically “Maakye” with the host, Captain Sensible, the accused in a response to a query from the host acknowledged that he (accused) had killed many individuals up to now.
It stated he acknowledged that he had buried a pregnant lady alive at Ashaiman to carry out rituals for a former MP for Ashaiman.
The Prosecution stated the Police had been, nonetheless, but to increase investigation to the place the pregnant lady and different individuals talked about had been buried by the accused particular person.
Supply: GNA
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