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Bukom Banku finally appears in court


Bukom Banku
Braimah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, who is alleged to have assaulted one Michael Abbey has finally been arrested by the police and presented to an Accra Magistrate’s court on Monday, June 27.

The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Victor Dosoo, indicated to the court, presided over by Ms Arit Nsemoh, that the AG’s advice was ready.

Banku, who was brought on accused summons, is yet to be properly charged.

He was handed over to the Accra Regional Police while his charge sheet is yet to be prepared.

Briefing the court, the investigator for the case, Mr Jerry Sumiah, explained that his inability to carry out the first bench warrant issued for the arrest of Bukom Banku was because he was always accompanied by his followers, making it difficult to arrest him, without resorting to violent tactics.

Arrest

Mr Sumiah said Banku was arrested around the Lavender Hill close to the  Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, upon a tip off that Banku was driving around that area.

Bukom Banku had market women cheering when he walked along the streets to the Adjabeng Court 1 with an entourage on June 27, 2016.

Background 

It will be recalled that the Adjabeng Magistrate’s Court on December 3, 2015, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Bukom Banku for allegedly assaulting Abbey, a resident of Akoto Lantey, a suburb of Accra.

According to the facts of the case, on October 1, 2015 at 2 a.m., while the complainant was asleep with his wife, Bukom Banku forcibly entered their home with a machete.

He pulled the complainant out of the bed and dragged him out.

Banku is alleged to have then used the machete to beat the complainant mercilessly.

The commotion drew witnesses to the scene who pleaded with Bukom Banku to release the complainant.

It was alleged that all the pleading from the witnesses fell on deaf ears, as Banku, who did not seem satisfied with the beatings he meted out to the complainant, further dragged him to a spot at Bukom and forced him to kneel down.

He used the machete to assault the victim again.

A report was made to the police but efforts to get Banku to report to the police for investigations were not successful


Source: Graphiconline

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