Teaching Assistant to testify in missing Lands Commissioner trial
The witness is said to have worked under the accused at the Petroleum Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The first of three witnesses to be called by the state in the missing Lands Commissioner trial is a Teaching Assistant who worked under Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey, the main accused person alleged to have been involved in the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko.
The witness is said to have worked under the accused at the Petroleum Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
State Attorney, Charles Edward Yirenkyi pleaded with the Kumasi High Court to restrict the accused from contacting the witness.
The court was also able to conclude its case management conference yesterday, April 12, and has set the hearing for April 26, 2022.
Dr Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey, a lecturer at KNUST who is currently on remand is being accused for his wife’s disappearance.
When he was first remanded in November 2021, police stated that communication from his wife's mobile device, alleged to have been from kidnappers demanding a ransom, came from a cell tower close to the KNUST campus home of the accused.
He was subsequently charged with kidnapping and deception of a public office after the Attorney-General's office took over the case.
His lawyers on many occasions tried to get him bail but were denied by the court.
Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a Senior Lands Administrative Officer at the Lands Commission’s office in Kumasi, is however yet to be found. She has been missing since August 30, 2021.
