The Odumase District Court has remanded the Asafoatse for Suisi Hionor in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Agah over a contracting killing allegation leveled against the chief.
He will re-appear on Friday, 9 April 2021 before the court to accept or decline guilt after he disagreed with charges leveled against him at the court hearing on Wednesday, 17 February 2021.
Asafoatse Kwabla Agah was arrested on February 15, 2021, by the Akuse Police after he allegedly tried to hire someone to kill Nene Olepeme Sakinor Nanor I, chief of Okuenya Adadlikuorsi, police sources say.
Asafoatse Agah, 50 who is the second accused in the case and his accomplice and first accused in the case, Simon Narhkorli, also 50, a security man who lives at Hwekper, a suburb of Odumase-Krobo, have been provisionally charged with preparation to commit a crime (murder).
The chief and his accomplice were arrested after the alleged contract killer who is also the witness in the case reported to his would-be victim that the two suspects had contracted him to murder him.
The contract killer disclosed to Nene Olepeme Sakinor Nanor I, who is now the complainant in the case that Asafoatse Kwabla Aglah and Simon Narhkorli on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, contracted him to kill him for a reward of Ghc20,000 and an acre of land if he succeeds.
To underscore their seriousness, the accused persons allegedly gave the contract killer an amount of GHc500 to purchase bullets for the operation.
Upon receipt of the information, Nene Olepeme Sakinor Nanor I, lodged an official complaint with the Akuse Police.
Investigations commenced into the matter and a Detective with the Ghana Police Service was engaged to liaise with the alleged contract killer and feigned interest in executing the deal.
In the course of investigations, the detective together with the alleged contract killer had encounters with the accused persons through face-to-face engagements and phone calls.
Police picked up Simon Narhkorli on February 10 and Asafoatse Kwabla Aglah on February 15.
While Simon Narhkorli admitted in his investigation caution statement to planning with Asafoatse Kwabla Aglah to contract the witness to kill the complainant, the latter denied involvement in any such plot.
