Director of Operations at the Presidency Lord Commey
Director of Operations at the Presidency Lord Commey has condemned the deliberate attempt by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to put a political twist to the ongoing investigations on a shooting incident at Ablekuma Central Constituency Collation Center during the just-ended elections.
According to him, although one of his staff whose name is given as Collins Quarcoo is currently assisting the police with investigations, he has not been proven guilty to warrant the frivolous claims made by the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary Peter Boamah Otukunor trying to link him to an incident he has no idea about.
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BY: Justice Agbenorsi
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The Accra Circuit Court has for the sixth straight time adjourned the case involving the national security officer who allegedly shot five persons, including a journalist at the Ablekuma Central Constituency Collation Centre during the 2020 general election.
When the case was called last Monday, the substantive prosecutor was absent and the court consequently adjourned the case to March 15, 2021.
Charges
The accused, Collins Quarcoo, aka Kola, is facing the court on six counts, including causing harm, possession of firearms without lawful authority and using offensive weapons without legal authority.
He is said to have shot indiscriminately on December 7, 2020, during electoral activities at the collation centre of the Ablekuma Central Constituency earlier in the day.
Court adjourns Ablekuma Central election shooter case to February 15 Listen to article
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the case involving a journalist who was shot during the 2020 general elections at Ablekuma Central to February 15, 2021.
The suspect, Collins Quarcoo, also known as Kola, was arraigned for allegedly shooting Pius Asiedu Kwanin, a journalist with the Newswatch Ghana online portal, in the leg, and injuring some other persons at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre on December 8, 2020.
The hearing of the case has been adjourned on several occasions largely due to the inability of the presiding judge, Emmanuel Essandoh, to show up in court as a result of ill health.
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the shooting case at Ablekuma Central during the election on December 7, to January 18.
The court had earlier remanded Collins Quarcoo over the alleged shooting incidence at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre during December 7, 2020, polls.
The adjournment was because the Court did not sit on Monday, January 11, when the case was to be heard.
Quarcoo, who allegedly shot and caused harm to three persons, pleaded not guilty.
He denied the use of the offensive weapon (a Smith and Wesson SD9V 9MM pistol) and causing harm to Pious Asiedu Kwanin, a Journalist, Inspector Nixon Awuni, a Police Officer, and Rashid Umar, a trader.
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DEC 31, 2020
The Accra Circuit Court 4 has for the second time this week, adjourned the case of the alleged shooting by a National Security operative at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre during the just-ended general elections, to January 5, 2021.
The suspect, Collins Quarcoo, also known as Kola, was arraigned for allegedly shooting Pius Asiedu Kwanin, a journalist with the Newswatch Ghana online portal, in the leg, and causing injury to some other persons at the Ablekuma Central Collation Centre on December 8.
The suspect, Collins Quarcoo, also known as Kola pleaded not guilty to all six counts of causing of unlawful harm when he first appeared in court on December 17, 2020.