Seven persons accused of being part of an alleged coup plot have made a third attempt to get bail.
The seven are part of a group of 10 who have been accused of being members of Take Action Ghana (TAG), a group alleged to have hatched a plan to “destabilise the country and possibly take over the government”.
Other alleged members of the group are Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo, Warrant Officer II Esther Saan Dekuwine and Bright Alan Debrah, a civilian.
The seven — Dr Frederick Mac-Palm, Donyo Kafui, Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, Corporal Seidu Abubakar, Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Ali Solomon, L/Cpl Sylvester Akanpewon and Gershon Akpah, a weapons mechanic with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have filed an application for bail at the Accra High Court.
Their lawyers were expected to move the motion for bail yesterday but it turned out that the Attorney–General’s Department had not received all the documents for it to respond to the bail application.
The court, presided over by Justice Ruby Quaison, therefore, adjourned the case to Thursday, February 13, 2020.
Lawyers for the seven accused have already made two unsuccessful attempts to get bail.
In November last year, an Accra High Court, presided over by Justice George Buadi, refused to admit them to bail, on the basis that per the allegations leveled against them, their two-months detention was reasonable.
The presiding judge was of the view that conspiracy to commit treason and treason were serious offences and, therefore, it was not unreasonable for the state to detain them for two months as investigations continued.
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