One suspect arrested in connection with the death of 21-year-old soldier Private Imoro Sherrif, at Ashaiman, has been granted GH¢150,000 bail.
The accused Ibrahim Abdul Rakib was granted bail with three sureties by the Ashaiman Circuit Court.
He has been charged with dishonestly receiving a stolen item.
The bail was given on health grounds.
When the case was called on Tuesday, April 11, the defense counsel for three out of six accused persons including Rakib, Abdul Fatawu Alhassan, told the court that his client was battling a stomach ulcer and had been suffering in the police cells.
He, therefore, pleaded with the court to grant his client bail since the condition of his client could aggravate with time if not attended to.
In the case of the fifth accused, Yussif Mohammed, who was also slapped with dishonestly receiving an item, he was denied bail.
The remaining suspects charged with stealing, robbery, and receiving dishonest goods were however remanded in police custody.
They are Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu, Samuel Tetteh, alias Wiper, Abubakar Sadick, alias Birdman, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim.
They are to reappear in court on April 25, 2023.
The court also ordered the prosecution to file disclosures on or before the next court date.
What happened to the late Private Sheriff.
On March 4, 2023, police received information that a male adult was found dead at Ashaiman Taifa in the Greater Accra Region.
The crime scene team retrieved a number of items, including a knife with blood stains and a backpack, in the course of investigations.
Police investigations also found one Samsung tablet, one Apple laptop, one military uniform with the name tag “Imoro”, eight other items of clothing, as well as a Ghana Card and a Health Insurance card bearing the name Imoro Sherrif in a backpack.
The police said the content of the backpack suggested the victim could be a soldier, so the military was notified of the incident, and the deceased was subsequently identified by the military as Imoro Sheriff, a soldier.
The prosecution said two of the accused persons attempted to rob the soldier, and in the process, one of them stabbed him in the arm, while the other four bought a stolen mobile phone taken from the soldier, now deceased.