THE Hohoe Circuit Court has remanded a renowned herbalist at Gbi-Atabu and four others, including a woman, in prison custody for allegedly killing Herbert Kwame Akubia, a 55-year-old farmer, on his farm at Akpatakuta, near Hohoe, in the Volta Region.
The five, who have been charged with conspiring to commit murder, are Edward Worwonyo, 55, the herbalist, and his son Augustus Senyo Worwornyo, 24, Daniel Akubia, 24, Felix Sepenu Akubia, 23, and Senyonam Akubia, nephew and niece respectively of the deceased.
Their pleas were not taken and are to re-appear on September 17, 2010 before the court presided over by Mr Edward Kwame Bosompim-Apenkwa.
According to the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Benjamin Dadzie of the Hohoe Police, the five accused persons and the deceased person were related and lived in the same community and had been engaged in a protracted family land dispute for some time now.
According to ASP Dadzie, following the litigation, Hebert Akubia initiated a legal suit at the Hohoe High Court, which worsened his relationship with the accused, leading to frequent quarrels.
On August 7, this year, he said, Herbert went to his farm in the company of his 11-year-old step son, Sebi Asiwome, and after working for some time, they decided to prepare some meal.
While preparing the meal, Herbert heard some unusual sound in his teak plantation so he decided to find out who was there.
According to ASP Dadzie, after waiting for hours without his step-father’s return, Asiwome went home to report of his disappearance to his mother.
A search party was organised and it found the body with a nylon rope tied round the neck to a tree and the legs lying on the ground.
He also had a fresh wound at the back of his head with blood stains all over his body.
According to the prosecutor, the police suspected foul play, and investigations led to the arrest of the five accused persons.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
GBI INSTALLS FIVE DEVELOPMENT CHIEFS (PAGE 46, AUGUST 19, 2010)
THE Gbi Traditional Council in the Volta Region has installed five development chiefs for three communities in Hohoe.
The communities are Kitikpa, Akpatanu and Segbedeme.
Kitikpa has three development chiefs. They are Mr Stephen Joseph Carrico and his wife Mrs Collen Claire Carrico from the USA who were installed under the stool names of Togbe Dunyo and Mama Dezor and Mrs Indy Adam, an Australian businesswoman as Mama Asiwome.
Segbedeme has Mrs Ellen Carly Martin, an American teacher as Mama Awoenam, whilst Akpatanu has Mrs Jennifer Millet Barret, a Social worker from USA as Mama Dziwornu.
The honour was bestowed on them for various contributions made to the three communities.
They are also the patrons of the local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Christian Orphanage and they contributed a lot towards the upkeep of the children and also registered about 200 children under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
They have also donated sports kits to the Kitikpa community football team.
In an address read on behalf of Togbega Gabusu VI, Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, he said the traditional council bestowed the honour on the five for their contributions to the development of the three communities.
He said the honour would motivate them to do more for their adopted homes.
Togbega Gabusu, commended them and asked them to go a step further in their efforts to promote education in the area.
Mr Nicholas Victus Kwaku Abibu, Founder and Director of the Christian Orphanage, said the orphanage had come to stay due to the breakdown of the extended family system in the society.
He urged the people to see the orphanage as their own and contribute to its success.
The communities are Kitikpa, Akpatanu and Segbedeme.
Kitikpa has three development chiefs. They are Mr Stephen Joseph Carrico and his wife Mrs Collen Claire Carrico from the USA who were installed under the stool names of Togbe Dunyo and Mama Dezor and Mrs Indy Adam, an Australian businesswoman as Mama Asiwome.
Segbedeme has Mrs Ellen Carly Martin, an American teacher as Mama Awoenam, whilst Akpatanu has Mrs Jennifer Millet Barret, a Social worker from USA as Mama Dziwornu.
The honour was bestowed on them for various contributions made to the three communities.
They are also the patrons of the local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Christian Orphanage and they contributed a lot towards the upkeep of the children and also registered about 200 children under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
They have also donated sports kits to the Kitikpa community football team.
In an address read on behalf of Togbega Gabusu VI, Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, he said the traditional council bestowed the honour on the five for their contributions to the development of the three communities.
He said the honour would motivate them to do more for their adopted homes.
Togbega Gabusu, commended them and asked them to go a step further in their efforts to promote education in the area.
Mr Nicholas Victus Kwaku Abibu, Founder and Director of the Christian Orphanage, said the orphanage had come to stay due to the breakdown of the extended family system in the society.
He urged the people to see the orphanage as their own and contribute to its success.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
WORKSHOP HELD ON FOREST CONSERVATION (PAGE 21, AUGUST 14, 2010)
A two-day training workshop on mountain forest conservation has begun at Hohoe in the Volta Region for some selected participants.
The workshop, organised by Together Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), was aimed at sharing ideas on how to conserve the 14,500 hectares or 57 square miles forest reserve established in 1929 but which is now degraded due to improper management.
The forest reserve, known as the Togo Plateau Protected Forest Reserve Area in the Volta Region, encompasses six ethnic communities. These communities are Santrokofi, Akpafu, Bowiri, Alavanyo, Nkonya and Gbi.
To check the deforestation and degradation of the reserve, Together Ghana, therefore, brought together 30 participants from the six communities to brainstorm on how to improve afforestation on the plateau, using civil society funding.
The Project Manager of Together Ghana, Mr John Elletey, told the Daily Graphic that a collaborative forest management scheme would be formed between the Forestry Service Division and the six forest fringe communities to complement efforts of the government.
Mr Elletey said over the years, the Forestry Service Division had been developing a sustainable forest reserve management plans to ensure that the best management and development activities were carried out on a sustainable basis but those plans had not been executed for lack of funding.
He said the workshop would serve as an eye opener to the participants to cherish the numerous benefits they stood to gain if the area was well protected from the wanton degradation it was facing at the moment.
The Project Manager said some of the benefits would enhance weather condition which would improve the quality of the flora and fauna in the area.
The participants were taken through topics such as the “Rationale for the establishment of the Togo Plateau Protected Reserve, Reserve Management Plan, Togo Plateau and biodiversity conservation and global warming.
The workshop, organised by Together Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), was aimed at sharing ideas on how to conserve the 14,500 hectares or 57 square miles forest reserve established in 1929 but which is now degraded due to improper management.
The forest reserve, known as the Togo Plateau Protected Forest Reserve Area in the Volta Region, encompasses six ethnic communities. These communities are Santrokofi, Akpafu, Bowiri, Alavanyo, Nkonya and Gbi.
To check the deforestation and degradation of the reserve, Together Ghana, therefore, brought together 30 participants from the six communities to brainstorm on how to improve afforestation on the plateau, using civil society funding.
The Project Manager of Together Ghana, Mr John Elletey, told the Daily Graphic that a collaborative forest management scheme would be formed between the Forestry Service Division and the six forest fringe communities to complement efforts of the government.
Mr Elletey said over the years, the Forestry Service Division had been developing a sustainable forest reserve management plans to ensure that the best management and development activities were carried out on a sustainable basis but those plans had not been executed for lack of funding.
He said the workshop would serve as an eye opener to the participants to cherish the numerous benefits they stood to gain if the area was well protected from the wanton degradation it was facing at the moment.
The Project Manager said some of the benefits would enhance weather condition which would improve the quality of the flora and fauna in the area.
The participants were taken through topics such as the “Rationale for the establishment of the Togo Plateau Protected Reserve, Reserve Management Plan, Togo Plateau and biodiversity conservation and global warming.
MAGISTRATE, REGISTRAR ORDERED TO JUSTIFY INJUNCTION (PAGE 21, AUGUST 24, 2010)
The magistrate and the registrar of the Adidome District Magistrate Court have been ordered to appear before a Ho High Court presided over by Justice Kofi Essel-Mensah on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 to substantiate an alleged invalid interim injunction they issued to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU).
Mr Seth Aduedem and Mr John Otoo were alleged to have issued an injunction restraining the Adidome branch of the GPRTU from holding its executive elections on July 21, 2010.
According to records at the Ho High Court, the alleged injunction was issued by Mr Otoo and signed by Mr Aduedem at the instance of one George Dzreke, a member of the Adidome branch of the GPRTU, on July 20.
Upon the grant of the interim injunction, the Adidome District Magistrate Court also copied to the Volta Regional Secretariat of the GPRTU and a three-member interim committee made up of Messrs Divine Gbadegbe, James Honya and Geoffrey Amenuvor was set up to run the affairs of the district.
The committee then conducted a search at the Adidome District Magistrate Court on July 22, 2010 where it was discovered that no writ had been filed and that Mr Otoo had forged the interim injunction.
The interim management committee of the Adidome branch of the GPRTU then filed a writ of Certiorari at the Ho High Court to quash the forged interim injunction order.
The Ho High Court, presided over by Justice Essel-Mensah, ordered the two, the magistrate and registrar, to appear before him on August 17, 2010 to justify why they had the forged interim injunction they were alleged to have issued.
Mr Seth Aduedem and Mr John Otoo were alleged to have issued an injunction restraining the Adidome branch of the GPRTU from holding its executive elections on July 21, 2010.
According to records at the Ho High Court, the alleged injunction was issued by Mr Otoo and signed by Mr Aduedem at the instance of one George Dzreke, a member of the Adidome branch of the GPRTU, on July 20.
Upon the grant of the interim injunction, the Adidome District Magistrate Court also copied to the Volta Regional Secretariat of the GPRTU and a three-member interim committee made up of Messrs Divine Gbadegbe, James Honya and Geoffrey Amenuvor was set up to run the affairs of the district.
The committee then conducted a search at the Adidome District Magistrate Court on July 22, 2010 where it was discovered that no writ had been filed and that Mr Otoo had forged the interim injunction.
The interim management committee of the Adidome branch of the GPRTU then filed a writ of Certiorari at the Ho High Court to quash the forged interim injunction order.
The Ho High Court, presided over by Justice Essel-Mensah, ordered the two, the magistrate and registrar, to appear before him on August 17, 2010 to justify why they had the forged interim injunction they were alleged to have issued.
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