An article on graphic.com.gh stated that Alangdi was
Gregory Afoko, the second leading suspect in the murder of
Adams Mahama, who was accused of conspiring with Asabke, will go on trial again
after the jury returned a not-guilty verdict.
Afoko was found not guilty of murder and conspiracy to
commit murder by the jury, which returned to court with a 4:3 result.
The report indicated that, according to Criminal Procedure
Act, 1960 (Act 30), a verdict of 4:3 by a jury in a murder trial means it is a
hung jury and there must be a retrial.
The lawyers for the accused person sentenced to death,
Asabke, have indicated that they will appeal the ruling of the court.
They wondered why the jury would find one person guilty and
the other not guilty for the same offense.
"How can a person conspire against himself, be found
guilty and the person that he was accused of conspiring with is found not
guilty," one of the lawyers is quoted by graphic.com.gh.
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Asabke Alangde was believed to have conspired with Gregory
Afoko to kill Adams Mahama on May 15, 2015.
Mahama died after he was doused in acid in front of his home
in the capital town of the Upper East Region, Bolgatanga.
Alangde fled the shores of Ghana after the murder and was
arrested in 2019 by Ghana's security agencies in collaboration with Interpol in
Ivory Coast.
Afoko, was, however, apprehended by the Ghana Police Service
in 2015 after the murder and has been on trial since.
