Agyemang Duah Owusu, a 42-year-old Police Inspector has been charged with murder and remanded in police custody by the Sunyani District Court ‘B’ in connection with the tragic death of Francis Frimpong, the fervent supporter of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club (FC).
The deceased was stabbed to death on Sunday, February 02, 2025, when the Nsoatreman FC hosted the Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC at match 19 of the Ghana Premier League, at their home grounds at the Nsoatre Professor Amoah Koromansah II stadium.
Owusu and two other suspects, including Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, 58 years, and the owner and financier of the Nsoatreman FC and Joseph Kyeremeh, popularly known as ‘Santos’ in the football fraternity appeared before the court on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, and was presided over by Eric Daning.
He added that a search conducted in the Owusu’s room led to the retrieval of two dresses with suspected blood stains and an MP 23 pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition.
However, after preliminary investigations, Baffour-Awuah, a former Minister of Employment and Labour Relations and Kyeremeh were charged with “abetment to commit a crime, to wit murder” under Sections 20 (1) and 46 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
The court granted them GHC500,000 bail each with three sureties, one to be justified, accordingly.
As part of his bail condition, Baffour Awuah, also a former Member of Parliament for the Sunyani West Constituency, cannot leave or travel outside the Sunyani Municipality without judicial approval
The court further ordered them to submit their passports to the court registry and report to the police every day till the next adjournment date.
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