Suspects allegedly involved in the recent Bawku attack arraigned before court

18-08-2011
Two persons held in connection with the recent attacks on two Mamprusi farmers, who were attacked while working on their farms in the Bawku Municipality have been remanded in police custody by a Circuit Court in Bolgatanga. The Presiding Judge, Emmanuel Sunu has ruled that the two suspects, Abdullai Awinnaba, 60, a farmer and his 22 year of son, Lukman Abdullai Asunguba, also a second year student of the Bawku Technical Institute, reappear in court on August 31, 2011 for further proceedings. The accused persons according to the police, is facing charges of possession of ammunitions without lawful authority, while Master Asunguba is facing an additional charge of procession of Narcotic drug. Giving the facts of the case, Chief Inspector Kwashie Azalekor, told the court that on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at about 3:45 am, a team of policemen led by the Bawku Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, (A.C.P) Boadu Peprah, upon a tipped off, swooped on a house in Sabon-Geri, a Suburb of Bawku in search of suspect Lukman Abdullai Asunguba who was named by one of the Mamprusi farmers allegedly butchered in Bawku recently. Chief Inspector Azalekor told the court that in the course of the search in room of Lukman Abdullai Asunguba of House Number, I 41, Sabon-Geri, a black polythene bag containing about 12 rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition was found. Upon thorough search some seeds suspected to be that of Indian hemp, were found in Abdulai Asunguba’s room. The prosecutor told the court that further search led the team of policemen to the room of Abdulai Awinnaba, where a total of 1,034 rounds of ammunitions including 12 mm pistol ammunition, 21 rounds of Mc 4 ammunition, 78 rounds of G3 ammunition, 31 rounds of M16 ammunition, and 892 rounds AK 47 assault rifle ammunition were found in a brief case concealed in the roof of his room. The police told the court that the son, Abdulai Asunguba later claimed ownership of the items. They were both picked up by the police and processed for court. The prosecutor pleaded with the court to remand the suspect in police custody pending further investigation, which the court obliged.
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