DELTA FORCE '13' CASE ADJOURNED

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The KMA Circuit court presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsekyire has adjourned to the 18th of next month, the case involving the 13 Delta Force who have been charged for allegedly attacking a public office and causing unlawful damage. 

The Judge appeared calm but with a stern facial expressed. 

All the 13 accused persons were presented to the Court this morning. 

The Prosecutor of the case, ACP Okyere Darko who pleaded for the adjournment, explained that the Attorney General has called for the docket of the case for further study and the appropriate advice. 

Counsel for the accused, Matthew Appiah, did not object to the plea. 

Later in an interview with the media, Lawyer Appiah expressed optimism that his clients would be exonerated at the end of the trial since, according to him,  the police have no concrete evidence that could cause the Court to convict them.

 According to Our Reporter at the Court today, the court premise was fortified with heavy security from the regional police head quarters. 

A number of NPP members and sympathizers including the National Youth Organizer, Sammy Awuku, were also at the Court premises in a show of solidarity with the accused persons. 

 The 13 persons were arrested by the Police in Kumasi following an invasion of a mob of persons linked to the Delta Force, a political vigilante group, at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council premises in Kumasi where they allegedly attacked the Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer, George Adjei in protest of his appointment contrary to their expectations.

 On their first appearance at the KMA Circuit Court on the 6th of this month or commencement of their trial, another group of men also believed to be members of the vigilante group, invaded the Court and allegedly aided the 13 accused persons to escape from lawful custody after the Court, presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire remanded them into prison custody. 

The 13 men later submitted themselves to the Ashanti Regional Police but their legal team went to the Kumasi High Court where the accused were granted bail.  


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