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The High Court in Accra has discharged Gregory Afoko, the farmer accused of murdering Adams Mahama, a former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Afoko had been on trial for nearly a decade, accused of conspiring with Asabke Alangdi to murder Mahama in May 2015. Alangdi was previously convicted and sentenced to death for the crime.
The court’s decision to discharge Afoko came after the trial had been adjourned multiple times without any activity. The jury, which had only five members present, was also dissolved.
Afoko was initially arrested in 2015 and had been on remand since then. He was granted bail in February 2025, with a bond of GH₵500,000 and two sureties. The prosecution had alleged that Afoko and Alangdi poured acid on Mahama, leading to his death.
The case has been a high-profile one, with Afoko’s brother, Paul Afoko, a former NPP National Chairman, and other party officials implicated in the events surrounding the murde.
The brief facts of the case, were that on May 14, 2015, Gregory’s brother, Paul Afoko, and Kwabena Agyepong, then then national chairman and general secretary, respectively, of the NPP arrived in Bolgatanga for a meeting.
It stated that, the deceased, organised some thugs to violently attack the two, scuttling the planned meeting at the Azumsolon Guest House, for campaigning against the then NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and also not notifying him of the meeting.
The situation, according to the prosecution, was later brought under control by the police, adding that the accused, who was then upset, confronted Mahama but was chased out by thugs.
It also noted that Gregory and Asabke formed another youth group in their bid to protect persons perceived to be against Nana Akufo-Addo.
It said the accused persons held a series of meetings with the youth and on May 20, 2015, they laid ambush at Mahama’s residence with a substance suspected to be acid. ‘The deceased returned home around 11:10 p.m. in his pick-up vehicle, with registration number NR 761 – 14, and immediately he parked the vehicle in front of his house, the suspects went close and signalled him to roll down the glass.
The deceased identified the suspects to be party members and rolled down the glass to talk to them.
Suddenly, the suspects poured the substance suspected to be acid on his head, face and other parts of his body and fled on a motorbike.
‘The deceased started screaming for help and his wife, Hajia Zenabu Adams, went to his aid and managed to bring him out of the vehicle, the prosecution added.
Injuries
According to the prosecution, Mahama’s wife also sustained burns on the right side of her chest and breast while assisting her husband.
It said when she enquired about what had happened to her husband, he told her Gregory and Asabke had attacked him.
Mahama died while being airlifted to Accra for treatment.
Gregory, who was later picked up, led the police to Asabke’s father’s house. The police later located Asabke’s house but he had then absconded with his wife, abandoning their baby in the process.
A post-mortem report on Mahama said he died of shocked lungs and extensive acid burns.
