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House help before Court for allegedly pouring acid on another
A 26-year-old house help is before the Bekwai Circuit Court for allegedly pouring acid on a Senior High School leaver.
Ernest Agyei has denied causing harm to Benjamin Asante.
He was granted a GHȻ50,000.00 bail with two sureties to reappear on December 17, 2024.
Police Chief Inspector Christian Amartey, substituting the old charge sheet with a new one, had earlier told the Court presided over by Mr Isaac Apeatu that Asante, the victim, was also the complainant and a former student of Yamfo Anglican Secondary School near Sunyani.
Chief Inspector Amartey said the victim was a resident of Trede as Agyei, the accused person, was a house help resident at Pakyi No 2.
Prosecution said on December 22, 2021, the complainant’s brother Francis Agyei invited the complainant to assist him in cleaning tiles with acid.
Agyei, who is the house help, joined in the cleaning with one Godfred Kwadwo Tawiah, a friend to the accused person.
In the course of the cleaning, the accused person and Tawiah had an argument, he told the Court.
The Court heard that later, the accused person or Agyei went to the complainant and asked him to see what his friend (Tawiah) had done to him.
The complainant told Agyei that, he would not – interfere in matters between him and Tawiah.
Chief Inspector Amartey said complainant told him that, he would have done the same if it were to be him which Agyei became offended and rained insults on Asante.
This resulted in an exchange of words between them. Agyei then picked a quantity of acid in a container they were working with and spread same on Asante, the complainant, the Prosecution said.
Chief Inspector Amartey said Asante was rushed to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and was admitted for three months.
He said on June 20, 2022, a complaint was made to Police, leading to the arrest of Agyei on October 09, 2022.
The Prosecution said after investigation, Agyei was charged and put before Court.
The family of Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, a distinguished statesman and diplomat, has paid a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama. They officially informed him of his passing.
The delegation, representing the Gbeho family, noted that it was culturally and diplomatically important to formally notify the President of the loss before making a public announcement of his death.
Ambassador Gbeho was a towering figure in Ghanaian and international politics. He served in many diplomatic missions, including New York. He was Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Member of Parliament for the Anlo constituency, and President (formerly Executive Secretary) of the ECOWAS Commission.
He was widely respected for his role in regional integration and his contributions to global diplomacy at the United Nations.
President Mahama expressed his condolences and shared reflections on Ambassador Gbeho’s contributions to the country, West Africa and the world.
Funeral details will be announced later.
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revoked all firearm permits in Ghana with immediate effect and announced a new registration process for all gun owners.
The minister made the announcement on Tuesday, June 23, at the information service department saying all individuals who currently hold licences to own firearms or sidearms must undergo a fresh registration process.
“From this afternoon, all permits that have been granted to any individual that you are holding a sidearm or firearm is hereby revoked,” Mr Muntaka said.
He explained that the government had identified gaps in the country’s firearm registration system and needed to introduce stricter measures to improve public safety.
“We are opening the window where everyone will have to come forward again to register or re-register the gun because we’ve changed the procedure,” he stated.
According to him, the government decided not to wait until the end of the year to make the changes because lives could still be saved within the next six months.
The Interior Minister said one of the new requirements would be mandatory mental health screening for applicants seeking firearm licences.
“We’ve seen that people with mental health have already gone through and have the sidearm. Now we are introducing mental health. Before we give you the sidearm, we have to be sure that you have the mental stability to hold the firearms,” he said.
Mr Muntaka also announced that applicants would be required to undergo drug tests before being granted licences.
“We’ve also realised that people who are on drugs are also holding their arms and they are legitimate because it’s been registered. Now you have to go through drug tests to be sure that you are not on drugs before you can hold sidearms,” he added.
The minister said the new measures form part of efforts by the government to tighten firearm control and prevent legally registered weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
He urged all firearm owners to cooperate with the new registration process once details of the exercise are announced.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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