Wednesday 19th September, 2018
Cape Coast, Sept. 19, GNA – The man alleged to
have murdered a royal couple at Abura-Dunkwa in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese
(AAK) District has been committed to stand trial at a Cape Coast High Court.
Maswood Ali Baba, 27, an electrician’s plea
was not taken and the Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs Rita
Amoaniwaa Edusa remanded him into Police custody to be
By Isaac
Arkoh, GNA
Cape Coast, Sept. 19, GNA – The man alleged to
have murdered a royal couple at Abura-Dunkwa in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese
(AAK) District has been committed to stand trial at a Cape Coast High Court.
Maswood Ali Baba, 27, an electrician’s plea
was not taken and the Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs Rita
Amoaniwaa Edusa remanded him into Police custody to be re-arraigned on Monday,
September 24.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Daniel
Gadzo, told the court that the couple, Okyeame Kwadwo Mensah, 48 and his wife,
Nana Efua, 42, were murdered in their room on the night of Sunday, September 2.
He said the couple were found with their
throats slashed and in a pool of blood but their attacker did not take anything
from their room.
Baba was arrested after a painstaking
investigation by the Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID) when it
came out that Baba lodged with the deceased couple on the night of their death.
Meanwhile a release signed by the Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Paul Manly Awini, the Central Regional
Commander, has pledged the Service’s commitment to maintain maximum security
across the region for people go about their normal duties.
“Central Regional Police Command wishes
to assure the general public of their maximum protection and urges the general
public to offer any information to the Police in the fight against crime,”
the release said.
GNA