Mr Bede Tukuu, counsel for Lance Corporal Ali Solomon, accused of planning to overthrow the government, has told the High Court that his client was invited for a party not to plan a coup. You said there was a meeting on June 22, 2018, at the Next Door Beach Resort where the accused attended together with some soldiers, he asked Colonel Isaac Amponsah, first prosecution witness in the trial, and he answered yes.
He also asked the witness whether he knew or investigated what Ali was told before he attended the meeting and he said no but said his client knew the mission because when Bright Allan Debrah, his accomplice, was addressing the meeting, he asked whether they all knew why they had met and all answered in the affirmative.
The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned to April 13 due to the upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the country.