Somanya police attack: 12 remanded to reappear on June 26

A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has remanded 12 persons in prison custody for attacking a police station in Somanya.

Two more others have been refused bail. The 14 including an assemblyman were arrested on Monday, May 29 following an attack on the Somanya Police Station which resulted in the razing down of one police patrol vehicle.

The attackers had been incensed by the arrest of the assemblyman, Ebenezer Jones Adamtey Dendendin, for leading youth of Somanya to besiege the offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

There was heavy security at the court on Tuesday, when the case was heard, TV3’s Yvonne Neequaye reported.

While 12 were remanded, the two – a student of Mount Mary training College and a mobile money banker – were asked to bring a written application for bail through their lawyers.

Lawyer Simon Anumley was not happy with Justice Mercy Adei Kotei’s directive, saying the two were only arrested as part of the police raid.

They are scheduled to reappear on Monday, June 26 as prosecutors say more time is needed to investigate the matter further.