Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzo, who has been accused of offering assistance to alleged coup plotters has been charged with abetment to commit treason.
He is currently on a hunger strike.
Graphic Online's Court correspondent, Mabel Aku Baneseh reported that Dr Agordzo's application challenging the jurisdiction of the Kaneshie District Court was Friday afternoon dismissed.
Following that, he was charged with abetment to commit treason.
The court subsequently remanded him in custody and adjourned the case to November 20, 2019.
The Court also directed that the docket should be sent to the Attorney General for advise.
Mabel reported from the court that Dr Agordzo looked visibly upset and as of 1 pm, the court premises was heavily guarded whilst the case was still ongoing.
Background
Dr Agordzo is a serving police officer and former Director of the Transformation Office of the Ghana Police Service.
He was invited by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) last Monday afternoon and had been detained since.
He is alleged to have connections with an alleged plot to destabilise the country and for which some people are currently in court with charges of treason.
Dr Agordzo is alleged to have offered some assistance to the leader of the alleged coup plotters, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, and some eight other suspects, including a military officer and seven soldiers, who have also been charged with treason.
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Source: Daily Graphic
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NDC will jump to his defense soon. As for NDC, Ghana will not develop and they will be happy. Ghana has moved on and will move on without NDC! They are EVIL who only know CREATE, LOOT & SHARE!
AKUFO ADO AND THE FAMILIES SHOULD CONTINUE THE WITCH HUNTING VERY SOON BURKINA ATTACKERS WILL ARRIVE IN GHANA. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON THE DOLLAR RATE AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS AND MENZGOLD CUSTOMERS HOW TO SOLVE ALL THIS ISSUES HE RATHER TRYING HARD TO IMPRISON HIS OPPONENT.MAY ALL THE GOD'S IN THE WORLD COMBINE PUNISH AND STRIKE KEN OFORI ATTA YAO, ERNEST YAO ADISION FOR COLLAPSING MENZGOLD AND OTHER BANKS.
THIS POLICEMAN MUST DESISIT FROM POLICIZING HIS CASE. HE WILL SOON LEARN THAT HE CANNOT RELY ON HIS POLITICAL ASSOCIATES WHO KEPT DECEIVING HIM TO PLAY THE MACHO. HE SHOULD RATHER ASK HIS CHURCH TO MOUNT UP PRAYER SESSIONS FOR HIM ON DAILY BASIS. A WORD TO THE WISE IS IN RELYING ON GOD DURING DIFFICULT AND TRYING TIMES.