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Teenager remanded for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on mother, sister
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The Kuntanase District Court, Ashanti Region, has remanded a 17-year-old boy for allegedly inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on his mother and sister.
The plea of Isaac Opoku was not taken because police investigations are ongoing.
The victims, Mesdames Grace Yeboah and Margaret Oduro, remain on admission, while the court ordered that the accused be brought back on July 8, 2026.
Chief Inspector Samuel Krah, prosecuting, told the court that the accused and the two victims were residents of Kokobriko in the Ashanti Region.
Madam Margaret Oduro and the accused are the biological children of Madam Grace Yeboah.
The prosecution said on June 21, 2026, at about 20:00 hours, the accused, alleged to be a drug addict, left 10 parcels of dried cannabis in his room and went out. On his return, he discovered one parcel was missing.
The accused allegedly became furious, picked up a cutlass and demanded the missing parcel. Out of fear, the victims handed him the remaining nine parcels, but he insisted they were hiding the other one and threatened to attack them if they failed to produce it.
The prosecution said the accused then used the cutlass to inflict multiple wounds on the victims, causing them serious injuries.
Neighbours rushed to the scene, rescued the victims and alerted a police patrol team.
The accused, who sustained minor injuries, and the victims were taken to St. Michael Hospital for treatment.
Chief Inspector Krah said the accused was treated, discharged and subsequently arrested.
On June 23, Margaret Oduro’s condition worsened and she was referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for further treatment.
During investigations, the accused admitted the offence in his cautioned statement and led police to retrieve the cutlass used in the attack.
He has been charged with causing unlawful harm and remanded into custody. –GNA
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Our intelligence agencies will not be reduced to chasing citizens for insulting me – Dr.Bawumia jabs gov’t
New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has condemned the arrest and remand of Techiman-based nurse and mother of three, Salomey Bafor Awiti, over allegations of abetting the publication of false news.
In a statement, Dr Bawumia described as worrying reports that the nurse, who has a 4-year-old child, was picked up in the middle of the night by national intelligence officers and remanded for two weeks.
“This is not the Ghana we want to build. I can assure Ghanaians that when given the opportunity, our intelligence agencies will not be reduced to chasing citizens for insulting the President or anyone else,” he said.
Dr Bawumia said while he has always disavowed politics of insults and will continue to remind political actors to be decorous, criminalizing speech pushes democracy backwards.
“The ideas we need to transform our nation won’t come from insults. But I also remind the NDC government that any infringement on the right to free speech pushes our democracy backwards. Free speech, as unpalatable as it may be sometimes, is the foundation of our democracy,” he stated.
He also accused government of selectively applying the law, where some citizens insult and walk free while others are jailed because government does not like the target of their insults.
He called for the release of Salomey Bafor Awiti and others who have been similarly charged and jailed.
“God bless our homeland Ghana and help us to resist oppressors rule!,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Minority in Parliament is demanding answers from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Sports and Recreation over reports that Thomas Partey was denied entry into Canada for Ghana’s opening 2026 FIFA World Cup match against Panama.
Ranking Member of Parliament’s Youth, Sports and Culture Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, said the issue goes beyond the player’s personal legal situation.
“This is not about determining Mr Partey’s guilt or innocence. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence,” he said.
“Our concern is whether the GFA and the Ministry carried out the necessary administrative and legal due diligence,” Assafuah stated.
He concluded by adding, “What did they know, when did they know it, and what steps did they take before including Partey in Ghana’s final World Cup arrangements?”
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