The Madina District Court has discharged Mam Yandeh Joof, the girlfriend of the late Bennet Adomah Agyekum, owner of the famous Kikibees restaurant.
Per court documents, the 40-year-old businessman was discovered in critical condition, lying in a pool of blood at a residence in Madina on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
The facts suggest that the deceased and the suspect have been in an amorous relationship for the past three years.
The deceased on his return to Ghana on October 7, 2023, visited the suspect in her apartment at Ogbojo in Accra, around 12:30 am.
According to the prosecution, at about 1:30 am that same day, the deceased “suddenly became hyper and started behaving strangely and throwing things in the room while shouting that some people were chasing him.”
The incident woke other tenants in the house, and the suspect rang a close friend of the deceased and informed him to come to her apartment to assist her.
But the friend came and found the deceased lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen throwing his hands about.
During an inspection at the scene, pieces of broken ceramic glass with blood stains were found in the girlfriend’s apartment, leading to her arrest.
But months after her arrest and subsequent court proceedings, the prosecution informed the court that the Attorney General had decided to set her free.
The court presided over by Susana Nyarkotey said following the advice from the Attorney General dated February 8, 2024, the accused is hereby discharged.
“They found no fault with you,” the Magistrate said.
A relieved Yandeh Joof could not hide her joy as she burst into tears in the courtroom.
Although the prosecution didn’t give further details about the Attorney General’s decision, the final autopsy report, attached to the application, showed that the deceased died from severe injury to the head following a fall due to alcohol intoxication.