Some members of the group seated in court
The Ho High court has freed some members of the Volta secessionist group, who were standing trial on treason felony charges.
The discharge of the seven persons follows a motion filed in court today by the Attorney General to drop the charge of treason felony and conspiracy to commit same against the suspects.
Consequently, the presiding judge, Charles Agbevor, discharged the accused persons but bonded them to 6 months of good behaviour.
It will be recalled that, 3 members of the Volta Secessionist group, Homeland Study Group foundation, were arrested on March 7, 2017, after they held an event in Ho to mark Ghana’s 60th independence day.
At that event, the group made known its intention to declare the Volta, Northern and Upper East regions an independent Western Togoland state, a territory which existed prior to Ghana’s independence.
Subsequently, the group’s founder, Charles Kormi Kudjordji 78, with two others, Martin Asiamah Agbenu, 57, and Divine Odonkor, 65 were arraigned before the Ho High court and charged together with 4 others in absentia, with treason felony and conspiracy to commit same.
The 3 were later granted a GHC50,000 bail each with two sureties.
Source: starrfmonline.com