AG takes over Hopeson Adorye’s case docket, adjourned to July 31

The Duplicate Case Docket on the case of Hopeson Adorye has been sent to the Office of the Attorney General for advice, Prosecution Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder told the Circuit Court in Dansoman.

The Court, presided over by Her Honour Halima Abdul El-Lawal Basit, has since adjourned the case to July 31, 2024, for further updates.

The 54-year-old businessman was granted bail by the Dansoman Circuit Court on May 23, after fulfilling the bail conditions following his not-guilty plea to the charge of "Publication of false news." He was granted bail in the sum of GH₵20,000 with two sureties, one of whom the Court said should be justified.

The professional teacher was arrested following his self-confession that he detonated dynamite in the Volta Region during the 2016 elections.

The Court, while granting him bail on May 23, mentioned that the prosecution had sufficient resources to conduct further investigations.

On Thursday, May 23, he was arraigned on the charge of "Publication of False News," contrary to Section 208(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). Hopeson Adorye, the accused, was present.

Brief Facts

According to the brief facts of the case as narrated by the prosecution, on May 21, 2024, the attention of the police administration was drawn to a viral video recording on social media involving the accused, Hopeson Yaovi Adorye.

In the said video, the accused was seen and heard stating, among other things, that prior to the 2016 general elections, he took it upon himself to prevent Togolese from coming to vote in Ghana.

The prosecution stated that in his statement, made on air on May 2, 2024, on Accra FM (100.5) during a show called "The Citizen Show" hosted by Nana Otu Darko, the accused said he engaged the services of five persons from the Volta Region to throw "dynamites" along the border in Togo to scare voters from crossing the border to vote in Ghana during the 2016 general elections.

On May 22, 2024, the accused was arrested for investigation. In his investigative caution statement, he admitted to the content of the video and claimed that what was used were not dynamites but rather firecrackers.

The prosecution stated that the investigation is still ongoing.