The prosecution of a case involving a senior professor at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who is on trial for the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, has been taken up by the Attorney General’s Office.
The Attorney General’s Office, represented by Charles Edward Addo Yirenkyi, informed the court that their advice on the subject is ready but has yet to be submitted.
He did, however, emphasize that additional inquiry into the subject is required.
Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey’s lawyers requested bail for their client, the troubled KNUST professor, but the motion was refused.
The state’s attorney stated that if the accused individual is given bail, he would obstruct investigations since the witnesses are people who worked for him.
The case was subsequently delayed by Magistrate Korkor Owusu Achaw till January 28th, 2022.
Staff from the Lands Commission in Kumasi, where Rhodaline Amoah-Darko worked, who were present in court, praised the decision to transfer the matter to the Attorney General’s Office as a step in the right direction.
Members of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, who were also present in court, feel the accused is being given preferential treatment by the police, which they believe should be investigated.
Background
The accused, Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey, on 2nd September 2021 reported to the police that his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko had been kidnapped from their home around KNUST, as he had received some text messages.
Police then began investigations into it. Investigations however revealed that the messages that were sent from Rhodaline’s phone to some family members and friends, including her husband, were sent from the KNUST campus closer to the house of the accused person (the husband).
As a result of this, Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey was arrested on 6th October 2021 to assist with investigations.
The police say in his caution statement, he admitted to sending those messages through his wife’s phone.
The accused person, however, says he does not know the whereabouts of the victim’s phone.
He has also not been able to disclose the location of his wife to the police. The police have thus charged him provisionally with kidnapping.
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
