We are not delaying Kaaka’s murder trial – Police prosecutors

Police prosecutors handling the case of murdered social activist Ibrahim Muhammed (Kaaka) in Ejura have denied claims that the team was deliberately delaying the trial.

Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi spoke to the media after the case was once again adjourned to September 23.

He explained that the delay was because his team was waiting on the advice of the Attorney General for the way forward.

“The case docket has been given to the Attorney General, after which we will soon prepare to come to court for committals. The police are doing all that they can to ensure justice is served. It is not the police who do the committals. It is the AG, so the AG will be in court.

“The falsehood out there that the police are not doing anything about the matter is wrong. It has not been established by even the counsel of the accused persons,” Supt. Blagodzi explained after proceedings on Tuesday, September 7.

The three accused persons Isaka Ibrahim, Fuseini Alhassan and Idi Mohammed, slapped with murder charges were arraigned for the first time on July 2, 2021.

They were remanded into police custody again on July 22, 2021, after prosecution’s request for more time to conclude its investigations.

They were to reappear on August 12, 2021, but prosecution on the said day told the Asokwa District Court that the team was waiting for advice from the Attorney-General’s Department on a duplicate case docket.

The court presided by Akua Adu Boahen, then adjourned the case for the fourth time to September 7, 2021.

Background

Ibrahim Muhammed, also known as Kaaka, was a resident of Ejura who was believed to have been attacked by a mob. He later died due to injuries at KATH.

Witness accounts claim that the deceased was ambushed in front of his house when he was returning home on his motorbike at about 1:30 am on Sunday, June 27, 2021.

Ibrahim Muhammed was rushed to the Ejura Municipal Hospital to receive medical treatment after the attack.

He was later transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he died at midday on Monday, June 28, 2021, the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Godwin Ahianyo, told the media at a press briefing.

Providing an account of the incident, the widow of the deceased Sahada Hudu said she found him in a pool of blood after the attack.

“I thought my husband was driving away goats from the house at the time. Little did I know that he was being attacked. We saw him in a pool of blood. The people bolted as soon as we opened the door to check what was happening,” she recounted.

Before his death, Ibrahim Muhammed, aged 45, took to social media, where he posted social critiques about the Ejura Municipality and other issues of national importance.

His last activity on Facebook was to share a post criticizing the arrest of 15 members of the #TheFixCountry at the High Court Complex on June 25.

In the aftermath of his death, scores of angry residents stormed the streets in Ejura to demand justice over the murder of Ibrahim Muhammed, aka Kaaka, a social activist.

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Two shot dead, four hospitalised

Two protestors died while four others were left in critical condition after law enforcement officers shot into a crowd demonstrating over the death of Kaaka.

The other injured persons were taken to the Ejura Government Hospital for treatment.

Court Remands Three Suspected Killers Of Kaaka

Meanwhile, a District Court in Asokwa in the Ashanti Region on July 2 remanded three into police custody in connection with the murder of Kaaka.

Isaka Ibrahim, Fuseini Alhassan and Idi Mohammed, were slapped with conspiracy to commit a murder. The court is yet to take their pleas.

The Committee of Inquiry

The three-member committee of inquiry was announced on Thursday, July 1, by Interior Minister Ambrose Dery.

It comprised George Kingsley Koomson, a judge in the Court of Appeal, international relations and security expert Prof. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, and Juliet Amoah, a media-tech innovator.

The tripartite committee was given a 10-day period with which to complete their investigations. This was later extended by a week.

The constitution of the committee followed a directive by President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Ministry of Interior to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of social activist Ibrahim Anyass Mohammed and others during a protest in Ejura.

The committee has since submitted its report.