The rest have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder when they appeared before a District Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
The state prosecution led by Mrs Getrude Aikins who substituted the charge for the nine accused pleaded with the court presided over by Ms Patricia Quansah to give the prosecution two more weeks to complete investigations against the accused.
She also prayed the court to remand the accused in custody to avoid their interference with investigations, but this was strongly objected to by counsel for the accused, Atta Akyea, arguing that his clients would in no way interfere with investigations.
He also stated that their continuous detention is a deliberate attempt by the prosecution to undermine their constitutional right to freedom, and asked that they should be granted bail.
The court, however, upheld the plea by the prosecution and refused bail for the accused persons. All the accused persons were in court except Iddrisu Iddi, who the court learnt was sick and was on admission.
The case has been adjourned to May 19, 2010.
The accused are Iddrisu Iddi, 76; Alhaji Baba Abdulal, 56; Kwame Alhassan, 53; Yidana Sugri, 42; Mohammed Kojo, 45; Mahamadu Abdulai, 57; Sayibu Mohammed, 34; Yakubu Mahamadu, 42, and Alhassan Braimah.
They are all from the Abudu faction in the protracted Dagbon chieftaincy clashes with the Aandanis, one of which turned bloody in 2002, culminating in the death of the overlord of Dagbon Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II and several others.
They suspects were arrested on April 10, this year, and initially arraigned before an Accra Magistrate’s Court on April 12, on three counts of conspiracy to murder, murder and unlawful military training.
Story by Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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