Pharmacist granted bail by tribunal
Tribunal remands two people on robbery charge
Pharmacist granted bail by tribunal
Kumasi (Ashanti), 22nd June 99 –
Edward Osei Gyamfi, Pharmacist and Managing Director of Bikkai Pharmaceuticals Limited, and five others were on Monday granted five million cedis bail each with a surety to be justified by a Kumasi Circuit Tribunal.
The rest were Baba Adams and Alhaji Ketewa both electronics mechanics, Issah Abubakari, unemployed, Farouke Abdulai, a tailor and Akoto Mensah, a carpenter.
They all pleaded not guilty to two counts of forcible entry and causing damage to a wooden fence and signposts estimated at 10 million cedis, property of Mr Sylvester Owusu Asare, Managing Director of Silvercrest Investments Limited.
The case was adjourned to Monday, June 28.
Police Superintendent Florence Arthur, prosecuting told the tribunal chaired by Mr Joseph Abanga that sometime in 1997, an Accra High Court ordered the auction of the building housing the Bikkai Pharmaceutical Company at a cost of 590 million cedis and it was purchased by the management of Silvercrest Investments Limited.
She said the new management erected wooden fence and signposts on and around the building to begin renovation works.
When Gyamfi heard of the purchase, he filed a writ at an Accra High Court to restrain the management of Silvercrest from carrying out the renovation works but the application was dismissed on Thursday, June 17.
Superintendent Arthur said, following the dismissal of the writ, the management of Silvercrest sent some workers to the building on Friday, June 18 to begin work.
She said while they were working, Gyamfi and the other accused persons armed with cutlasses, hammers and other implements destroyed the wooden fence and the signposts erected, estimated at about 10 million cedis.
The prosecution said a report was made to the Police the following day, Saturday, June 19 and after investigations they were charged with the offence.
Mr Dei Kwarteng, counsel for the accused persons, in applying for bail for his clients said the building has not been auctioned.
He said there is a suit pending before an Accra High Court over the ownership of the building, which is the subject matter in dispute and the Police have not been fair to the tribunal with actual facts of the case.
Mr Kwarteng tendered some burnt documents belonging to his clients and said the accused persons attacked the complainant's workers, when they found out that they were burning some documents belonging to Bikkai.
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Tribunal remands two people on robbery charge
Tema (Greater Accra), 22nd June 99 –
The Tema Community tribunal chaired by Captain Philip Agbeyomey (rtd) on Monday remanded two people arraigned on charges of robbing Allship Limited, a clearing and forwarding company of items estimated at 25 million cedis.
Christian Amudzi, a militiaman and Emmanuel Aphedor, a labourer pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on July five, 1999.
Prosecuting Chief Inspector Margaret Nunoo, told the tribunal that on June seven, at about 01:30 hours, the two accused persons, among others now at large, stormed the yard of the company armed with guns and wearing masks.
She said the armed robbers attacked the security man on duty, tied his hands, blindfolded him and locked him up in one of the offices of the company.
They then entered the safety and health office, broke into a container and made away with items including tyres, jacks, safety boots, helmets, car batteries, a Honda generator, fire extinguishers and car engine bearings all, estimated at 25 million cedis.
The prosecution said the security man was rescued the following morning by workers of the company, when they went to work and made a report to the community one Police.
Inspector Nunoo said upon a tip-off a search was conducted at the house of Amudzi at Tema New Town on June eight and two pieces of tarpaulin, a radiator and a car tape, which were among the stolen items, were retrieved.
Amudzi told the Police investigators that it was Aphedor, who assisted him to carry the items, which were dumped on a footpath to New Town.
He explained that he kept them in his house so that he could inform the militia authorities later.
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