Coup ‘Makers’ Caged! -Face 5 Charges

State prosecutors have dragged the three persons suspected to have attempted to destabilize the country before an Accra District Magistrate Court.

They are Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, a doctor, Dornyah “Ezor” Kafui, a local weapon manufacturer and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu aka BB or ADC, freight manager.

The three have been slapped with charged with conspiracy to manufacture arms and ammunition without lawful authority.

Additional charges of possession of explosives and firearms without lawful authority and manufacture of firearms without lawful authority were also levelled against them.

In Court

In a court presided over by Rosemond Dodua Agyiri yesterday, the plea of the three suspected coup plotters were not taken.

Prosecuting ASP Sylvester Asare urged the court to adjourn the case to enable the prosecution complete its investigation into the matter.

But Victor K. Adawudu disagreed wondering if the state had not completed their investigation into the matter and had arraigned the suspects before court.

He argued that the State should have been ready to prosecute the case due to the number of days the accused persons were in custody.

The trial magistrate drew the attention of the prosecution to the fact that she does not have jurisdiction to take the pleas of the accused persons on some of the charges preferred against them.

Ms. Dodua Agyiri was emphatic she could not take the pleas of the accused persons on some of the cases and leave the others.

The magistrate while adjourning the case to October 9, 2019 ordered the Bureau of National Investigation to give the lawyers and the family access to the accused persons while in their custody.

A joint security operation last Friday led to the arrest of the three suspects after a raid on the Citadel Hospital which Dr. Mac-Palm manages.

Arrest

On Monday, the government revealed that the raid foiled a plot targeted at the presidency “with the ultimate aim of destabilising the country.”

The government subsequently came out to say that three military personnel have also been arrested.

The operation followed 15 months of surveillance and gathering of evidence on the activities of the suspects.

The lawyer for the three has also said his clients have denied the allegations against them.