An Accra Circuit Court has remanded one Mohammed Buzu, who absented himself from court proceedings in the case, in which the accused was charged with unlawful possession of firearms.
Buzu, a trader, was arrested in November 2017 and granted bail after he made his first appearance in court.
He was then granted bail and asked to report to the investigator once a week.
However, after earning the trust of the investigator for which the policeman granted him a two-week permission to visit his uncle in the Volta Region, the accused stop attending proceedings for two years until he was arrested in April.
When the case was called on Wednesday, Chief Inspector Gulliver Tenkorang told the court presided by Afia Owusua Appiah that the accused “vanished into thin air when he was granted bail two years ago.”
Consequently, the prosecution has been given two weeks to file all disclosures while the case was adjourned to June 1, 2020.
Chief Inspector Tenkorang stated that the complainants were policemen, while the accused is a trader from Sogakope.
He said on Nov 22, 2017, at about 2:36am, whilst the complainants were on night patrol duties at East Legon, they intercepted a Daewoo taxi with registration number GT 5177-14 being driven by Leonard Dogbey with the accused and one Prosper Ahovi on board.
Chief Inspector Tenkorang told the court that the complainant asked the accused and Ahovi to get off the car for a search to be conducted.
He said “as they were being searched, the accused person dropped one foreign-made pistol loaded with one 9mm ammunition, one Samsung Galaxy 8 Plus and a blue Nokia mobile phone and bolted.”
Chief Inspector Tenkorang said the driver and Ahovi were arrested and taken to East Legon Police Station and granted bail pending investigation.
He said accused was arrested on March 13, 2018, at Sogakope and handed over to the Accra Regional Police Command for investigation.
The Prosecutor told the court that Buzu admitted the offence and stated that the weapon was sold to him by one Wisdom for GH¢1,300, which he paid GH¢700 leaving a balance of GH¢600.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
