The suspects on bail<\/strong><\/p>\nAn Accra High Court has granted a total of
\nGH\u00a2800,000 bail to four out of the eight persons arrested for their involvement
\nin the kidnapping of two Canadian ladies in Kumasi last month.<\/p>\n
Those granted bail were Seidu Abubakari, aka Mba,
\nwho was initially rumoured to be the ringleader of the group, Abdul Nasir,
\nSafianu Abubakari and Abdul Rahman Suleiman, aka Wofa, whose rented vehicle was
\nused in the kidnap operation.<\/p>\n
The other accused persons including Sampson
\nAghalor, aka Romeo, thought to be the ringleader from Nigeria, Elvis Ojiyorwe,
\nJeff Omarsar and Yusif Yakubu are still in custody.<\/p>\n
The \u2018lucky\u2019 suspects were granted GH\u00a2200,000
\nbail each, with two sureties to be justified. They were further ordered to
\nreport themselves to the Kumasi Central Police every Monday.<\/p>\n
The remaining four were to be sent back to the custody
\nof the Bureau of National Investment (BNI) and returned to court on August 12.<\/p>\n
Bail
\nApplications<\/strong><\/p>\nMoving the application for bail, Andrew Vortia,
\ncounsel for both Seidu Abubakari and Abdul Nasir, told the court, presided over
\nby Justice George Buadi, that the facts of the case only stated that his
\nclients were mentioned by other accused persons as having taken part in the
\nkidnapping but nothing connected them to the crime. <\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at the fact sheet, roles were assigned
\nto all the accused persons but no roles were assigned to my clients and I am of
\na strong conviction that my clients did not take part in the kidnapping,\u201d the
\nlawyer insisted.<\/p>\n
Edna Ivy Adabayeri, who represented
\nSafianu Abubakari, also assured the court that her client would avail himself
\nfor trial and prayed the court to admit him to bail pending trial. <\/p>\n
Joseph Yankson, who represented Abdul Rahman
\nSuleiman, also prayed the court to grant his client bail pending trial.<\/p>\n
The state represented by Hilda Craig, a Senior State
\nAttorney, did not oppose the applications for bail but urged the court to set
\nconditions that would ensure that the accused persons would avail themselves
\nfor the trial.<\/p>\n
Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\nAn all-Ghanaian security operation led by the
\nNational Security on June 12 rescued the two Canadian ladies who were abducted
\nfrom the gates of their hostel in a Kumasi suburb last month.<\/p>\n
They are said to have kidnapped their victims
\nand kept them in an uncompleted building on the outskirts of a town, and
\ndemanded a ransom of $800,000.<\/p>\n
The two ladies had boarded an Uber to their hostel at Nhyiaeso behind the Vienna Hotel, but were accosted by the accused persons when they arrived at their destination and alighted from the car.<\/p>\n
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