Evans Kyekyeku Oppong, the man who allegedly planned to sacrifice his own daughter for money ritual, has filed an application at the High Court urging it to grant him bail pending his possible trial if he should be committed by the District Court.
The accused had been remanded by the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Centre Court in Accra, on June 20 when he was hauled before it, charged with a provisional charge of preparation to commit murder after the court said it did not have jurisdiction to grant him bail.
The prosecution is still awaiting the advice of the Attorney General after it forwarded a duplicate of the docket to his office.
He has, through his lawyer, filed an application at the High Court seeking to be granted bail pending the trial depending on the outcome of the Attorney General’s advice.
Detective Inspector Adisa Walamani, who held brief for Chief Inspector Amoah Richard, told the court that they were still waiting for the Attorney General’s advice, and subsequently pleaded with the court to grant them an adjournment.
Ralph Agyepong, counsel for the accused person, indicated that he has had a lengthy conversation with the Deputy Attorney General in charge of criminal prosecution and will oblige to the prosecution’s request for more time.
Her Worship Ama Adomako Kwakye, further remanded the accused person and adjourned the case to August 15 for continuation.
Evans Kyekyeku Oppong, was arrested on June 3, 2022, after he allegedly took his 11-year-old daughter to a herbalist at Oyibi Kom in Accra, for her to be killed in a bid to become rich.
He has been charged with a preliminary charge of preparation to commit a crime, to wit murder, and his plea has been reserved by the court.
Court documents state that the suspect had gone to the herbalist for what it described as ‘spiritual cleansing’ to avert his financial difficulties following his return from the Netherlands.
The suspect, per court documents, was initially ordered to provide a live python for the sacrifice, but he instead suggested a human as a replacement due to his fear of snakes.
It was against this backdrop that he decided to take his 11-year-old daughter to the spiritualist for her to be killed for the rituals.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak