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An Accra High Court has discharged nine persons who were\narrested and put before\u00a0 it for allegedly\ncalling for the secession of the Volta Region and the Eastern Corridor from\nGhana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows a decision by the Office of the At"},"modified":"2019-07-08T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T10:07:20","slug":"volta-separatists-freed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/08\/volta-separatists-freed\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta Separatists Freed –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Accra High Court has discharged nine persons who were
\narrested and put before\u00a0 it for allegedly
\ncalling for the secession of the Volta Region and the Eastern Corridor from
\nGhana.<\/p>\n

This follows a decision by the Office of the Attorney
\nGeneral to withdraw the case against the accused persons. <\/p>\n

Appearing before the court presided over by three judges,
\nWinnifred Sarpong, a senior state attorney told the court that they have been
\ninstructed to withdraw the case against the nine. <\/p>\n

The panel presided over by Justice Jerome Noble Nkrumah with
\nJustices Ekow Baiden and Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe struck out the case as
\nwithdrawn and discharged the accused persons. <\/p>\n

Arrest. <\/p>\n

Eight members of Ho based Homeland Study Group Foundation
\nwere initially arrested on May 5, 2019 by a combined military and police team
\nrecently in Ho where they were said to be holding a secret meeting to carry out
\ntheir nefarious activities.<\/p>\n

They were flown to Accra and later put before an Accra High
\nCourt on the charge of treason.<\/p>\n

Other charges include abetment of unlawful assembly and
\noffensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace.<\/p>\n

They were said to have in their possession a constitution,
\nas well as an emblem which they intend to use for their new country.<\/p>\n

They included leader of the group\u00a0 Charkes Kudjordji, Bisa Akorli, 54; Kofi
\nDzreke, 39; Thompson Tsigbe, 58; Benjamin Agbadzada, 48;Agbenyega Akudzi, 54;
\nFreemen Blikaku, 36; and Nkpe Tsryiri Kudzo, 61.<\/p>\n

A military officer based in the Volta regional Capital, Ho
\nwas later arrested and put before the court for aiding members of the group.<\/p>\n

Sergeant Kpogli Samuel Kwabla was alleged to have leaked
\ninformation to members of the group, who were in a meeting to allegedly plan to
\ndeclare independence on May 5 and hide their weapons due to a pending search by
\na joint police and military team.<\/p>\n

They were all granted a bail of GH\u00a2800,000 each while the
\nstate prepared to prove its case. <\/p>\n

They were to provide two sureties each, one to be justified.<\/p>\n

As part of the bail conditions, the investigator was to
\nverify the physical locations of all the accused persons, as well as the
\nsureties before the bail band is executed.<\/p>\n

Again, the accused persons were to report to the Criminal
\nInvestigations Department (CID) every Monday and Thursday until otherwise
\nordered.<\/p>\n

Founder and leader of the group, 85-year-old retired educationist, Charles Kormi Kudjordji, was earlier been granted bail in the sum of GH\u20b5250,000 with two sureties, one to be justified.<\/p>\n

BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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