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Review of 2015: Ghana’s biggest stories

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<B>Man with fully loaded gun arrested in Mahama's church:</B>

A man with a fully loaded gun was arrested at the Ringway Gospel Assemblies of God church on Sunday, 26 July 2015 in attempt to kill the president, John Dramani Mahama.

According to Charles Antwi, the gunman, he wanted to save Ghana from the bad governance under the Mahama-led administration.

The suspect, Charles Antwi told the court that killing the President was his way of fighting for the nation.

Subsequently, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail, but human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier, went to court to seek a review of the sentence after it emerged that Charles Antwi was not mentally sound.

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Man with fully loaded gun arrested in Mahama's church: A man with a fully loaded gun was arrested at the Ringway Gospel Assemblies of God church on Sunday, 26 July 2015 in attempt to kill the president, John Dramani Mahama. According to Charles Antwi, the gunman, he wanted to save Ghana from the bad governance under the Mahama-led administration. The suspect, Charles Antwi told the court that killing the President was his way of fighting for the nation. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail, but human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier, went to court to seek a review of the sentence after it emerged that Charles Antwi was not mentally sound. Read more