The Kibi District court has remanded into prison custody the six accused persons standing trial for the murder of George Somuah Bosompem, the Religious and Moral Education Teacher of the Asiakwa Salvation Army Basic School.
The prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector Margaret Kontoh told the court presided over by Her Worship Mrs. Alice Efuah Yirenkyi that the police is still waiting for advice from the Attorney General’s office.
Philip Nimo, the lawyer for the accused persons however was not present at today’s sitting.
The suspects, Philip Okodea, Emmanuel Mireku, Richard Amaning, Ezekiel Boadu, Evans Aboagye and Ofei Frimpong are to reappear on October 15th.
The East Akim Municipal Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service has expressed his satisfaction at the pace of the prosecution, adding that the process have been very transparent.
“I think for now, everything seems to be on course. The transparent manner in which the court is trying the case, I think we are satisfied with it as an education directorate. All that we are seeking for is justice. We want the process to continue to be as transparent as possible.”
He also commended the MCE for the area as well as the police for putting in place measures to protect teachers in the area.
“At the last meeting with the Municipal Chief Executive, the police officers they made us to understand that they put some measures in place to ensure that our teachers are safe in the community…. We are convinced that by the time school resumes we will have all these things in place,” Mr. Maxwell Owusu added.
Background
George Somuah Bosompem, a teacher at the Salvation Army Basic School at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region, died on May 3 2019, was attacked by some teenagers in the community leading to his untimely death.
George Somuah Bosompem died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital at Koforidua where he was rushed to after the attack.
He was initially admitted at the Kibi Hospital but later transferred to the St. Joseph’s Hospital.
He is survived by a wife and three children.
According to the Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, initial investigations by the police showed that late George Somuah Bosompem incurred the wrath of the six teenagers, aged between 18 and 19 after he threatened to report them to the Police for stealing his farm produce, among other things.