Accra: On Wednesday, a Ghana court condemned six people to death by hanging, including three soldiers, for their alleged involvement in a three-year-old plot to topple the country’s government.
The men were apprehended in 2021 while testing firearms at an abandoned shooting range in Accra, and intelligence phone taps led to a blacksmith shop where they ordered the weapons, according to court documents.
They had all pleaded not guilty during the trial. Police stationed heavily armed units outside the Supreme Court for the hearing and punishment.
Victor Adawudu, one of the six’s lawyers, stated that the defense team planned to appeal the ruling to the country’s Supreme Court.
“We will also be going to the Supreme Court for it to look at the evidence,” he told reporters.
However, the high court acquitted police chief Benjamin Agordzo, army officer Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, and a junior military officer, Corporal Seidu Abubakar.
“We will also be going to the Supreme Court for it to look at the evidence,” he told reporters.
However, the high court acquitted police chief Benjamin Agordzo, army officer Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, and a junior military officer, Corporal Seidu Abubakar.
“We give God honor. He alone has made it happen. They were aware that it was bogus. Our God does not fail. I’ve always been free in my heart, and I knew how it was going to end,” a clearly elated police chief Agordzo told the media after being acquitted.
In 2021, six people were charged with conspiracy to commit treason, including a gunsmith and a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Ghana’s attorney general, Godfred Yeboah Dame, lead the prosecution.
According to court documents, the guys were captured at their base in Accra with locally manufactured firearms, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), AK-47 rifles, and ammo.
According to Dame, the accused were members of Take Action Ghana (TAG) and planned to arrange demonstrations reportedly to remove the government.
