Saturday, 26 October 2013

BISHOP OBINIM PLEADED NOT GUILTY - on all counts in his Hot FM studio demolishing trial.


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.

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