Court Forced to Grants seven suspected terrorists bail

 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GH¢20, 000.00, to seven suspected terrorists who were arrested in Salaga in the Northern Region with AK-47 assault rifles.

The court, Presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandor, was forced to grant the bail after the prosecution failed to get a response from the Attorney General’s
Department despite forwarding the docket as far back as February 10, 2016.

The case was adjourned to April 29.
Three of the accused persons: Issah Suale, mason; Mahama Saani Muftawu, trader; and Mohammed Alhassan, a nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital; have been charged with possession of firearms without authority and unlawful training.
The rest: Alhassan Abdul-Dayan, teacher and student of Valley View University College, Techiman Campus; Abdulai Ibrahim Wumpuni, auto mechanic; Umar Ibrahim Alhassan, auto mechanic; and Andani Moahmed Toufig, a teacher, were charged with abetment and unlawful possession of firearms.
One of the suspects, Iddrisu Ibrahima, a teacher, is at large.
The accused persons are alleged to be members of “TABLIGH Brothers” an international Mobile Preacher Wing of Sunni Muslims.
The seven, who denied all the charges, had in their possession two AK47 rifles, a laptop with videos and documentaries of Islamic militant activities.