Two fishermen have been remanded by Koforidua District Court “A” on Thursday, May 28, 2020, for allegedly drowning a suspected fishing net thief.
The accused persons are Teye Joseph, 43, and Kwaku Narh, 38. Other accomplices now on the run are Gatorgbor, Kennedy, Shortee, and Kwasi Pepe.
They have been provisionally charged with conspiracy to commit a crime to wit kidnapping and kidnapping.
The Prosecutor Sergeant George Defia prayed the Court to remand the accused persons to enable Police to conduct further investigations.
The Magistrate, therefore, remanded them into Prison Custody and adjourned the case to June 11, 2020.
The court also issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the four accomplices at large.
The brief facts of the case presented to the court by the Prosecutor, Sergeant George Defia are that the complainant in the case is a fisherman residing at Asikoko a fishing community while the accused persons are also fishermen who reside in Kwabea Teye also a fishing community both near Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region.
He said on May 7, 2020, at 9:30 am the complainant returned from his fishing expedition only to be informed that the accused persons have arrested his 22-year-old Yidekpo Nyanvor for allegedly stealing a fishing net hence tied with a rope.
That, the accused persons matched him to the Asikoko community to one Edzo’s House which he reportedly claimed the net was kept but turned out to be false.
Sensing danger for the victim’s life, an opinion leader who is also Chief Fisherman in Asikoko Community requested the accused fishermen to hand over the victim to him until his parents who were not at a home return for the matter to be settled amicably.
However, the accused fishermen refused, rather ferried him on a local boat while in the rope to the deep side of the Volta Lake.
The complainant went to Kwabea Teye Community to enquire about the whereabouts of the victim but could not be produced therefore reported the case to the Assesewa Police which upon investigation the two suspects were arrested but four other accomplices managed to escape before the arrival of the Police.
The suspects told Police in their caution statements that the victim escaped and dived into the lake however hours of search by police with the assistance of local divers did not yield results.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
