ACP Agordzo’s acquittal: We will sue the state for compensation – Martin Kpebu
Martin Kpebu, the lawyer for Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr. Benjamin Agordzo has revealed that he will sue the state over the malicious prosecution of his client.
Mr Kpebu described the case against his client as frivolous.
The two others are Colonel Gameli and another junior military officer, Corporal Seidu Abubakar.
The charges, dating back to April 24, 2021, involved Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, the late Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Hospital, ACP Agordzo, and eight others.
The accused faced various charges, including conspiracy to high treason, abetment to high treason, and high treason.
Speaking to the media after the court ruling, Mr. Kpebu said “The state weaved a very frivolous case around his neck and today you see the court has exonerated him”.
“We will sue the state for compensation, for this case has always been frivolous against him from day one. We will look at malicious prosecution and all the other courses of action,” he insisted.
Meanwhile, six other accused persons have been sentenced to death by hanging for their various roles in the coup plot case.
The six convicts are Donya Kafui, aka Ezor (a blacksmith), Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu (a fleet manager), Johannes Zikpi (a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces), Warrant Officer II Esther Saan Dekuwine, Lance Corporal Ali Solomon and Corporal Sylvester Akanpewon.
The accused persons were arrested in June 2018 for being members of the ‘Take Action Ghana’, a non-governmental organization allegedly with an “elaborate plot targeted at the Presidency”.
Per the facts, as part of the plot, Dr Mac-Palm (deceased), Kafui, and Debrah planned on kidnapping the President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of Parliament, and the Chief of the Defence Staff and force the President to announce his overthrow.