An Accra High Court has sentenced to death one of the two persons standing trial for the murder of former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Adams Mahama.
Asabke Alangdi was, today, found guilty for conspiracy to commit murder, in a unanimous decision, by a seven-member jury and has, accordingly, been condemned to death.
His alleged conspirator in the commitment of the crime, Gregory Afoko will, however, face a retrial.
This was after the jury retuned a 4:3 verdict, finding him not guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Graphic Online reports.
According to the Criminal Procedure Act, 1960 (Act 30), a 4:3 ruling by a jury in a murder case makes it a hung jury and there must be a retrial.
Chairman Adams as he was affectionately called died after he was bathed with acid in May 2015.
While on his death bed at the Upper East Regional Hospital, Mr. Adams mentioned the names of his attackers.
Gregory Afoko was subsequently arrested and charged to court for his alleged role in the murder.
When the trial was at its tail end in 2019, Asabke Alangdi, who was hiding in neighboring Ivory Coast, was also apprehended, resulting in the court discontinuing Afoko’s prosecution and committing both to trial.
