Bishop Daniel Obinim the founder and head Pastor
of International Gods Way Church and two of his junior Pastors; Kingsley Baah
and Kofi Akwetey on Friday pleaded not guilty in all eight counts leveled
against them.
Prosecuting on behalf of the State Attorney,
Joyce Debrah told the court presided by His Lordship Justice Abdulai Iddrisu
that the accused persons on the 8th day of August, 2011 at about 9:45 pm
unlawfully and forcefully invaded the studios of Hot Fm and vandalized
properties of the radio station and caused various degrees of injuries to the
Host of 'nyasem hwe' Ntim Katakyie, Kumi and Reverend Amoako Atta Junior both panelists
and the producer of the programme Shadrack Adu.
The prosecuting counsel told the court that the
accused persons demolished studio equipments such as voice processor, electromagnetic
microphone, console, headphone distributor, three (3) sets of telephones,
laptops, desk top , a transmitter and sliding doors amounting to One Hundred
and thirty thousand five hundred and eighty (130,580).
Counsel for the accused persons Kwame Afriyie in
his defense told the court that his clients are innocent of the charges and
thus prayed the court to grant them bail accordingly.
Without contest from the State Attorney, Justice
Abdulai Iddrisu granted the accused persons a conditional bail of ten thousand
cedis (10.000) with two sureties each.
The suit number ST/5/2014 was subsequently
adjourned to Wednesday 6th November, 2013 for hearing.
