The decision by the Madina District Court to charge Daniel Owusu Koranteng with murder in connection with the death of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale has been met with strong opposition from his legal counsel, Kofi Essel.

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Essel has criticized the move, describing the charge as “shambolic” and arguing that it is based on unfounded allegations driven by ulterior motives rather than solid evidence.

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Initially, authorities had considered charging Koranteng with abetment but later opted for a murder charge, claiming he was near Suale’s Madina residence at the time of the journalist’s fatal shooting in January 2019.

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Dismissing these claims, Essel insisted that the prosecution has failed to present any concrete evidence to support the charge.

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“The police hurriedly put a charge together on the offense of murder. First, they were talking about abietment, now we are talking about a surprise charge sheet of one count of murder. They prayed to the court to remand our client with no basis. I describe this as a shambolic charge sheet.

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“Because they have nothing on our client. It is just a multitude of allegations on hearsay that have been put together. It is just for someone’s career to shoot up, and someone has to go down; that is a witch-hunt, and we are going to deal with that,” he stated.

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