The Prestea Magistrate’s Court in the Western Region has remanded in prison custody, Aaron Ackah, alias Damoah, the bridegroom who was arrested by the police during his wedding ceremony last Saturday on a charge of robbery.
The ceremony took place at the Aldersgate Methodist Church at Anaji in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
The court, presided over by Mr Frank Nii Ashitey, did not take the plea of the accused. The decision to remand the accused is to enable the police to continue with their investigations. He is to re-appear before the court on May 3, 2016.
Another case
Briefing the Daily Graphic on the latest development by phone, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Timothy Dassah indicated that Ackah was to re-appear before the court today in another alleged robbery case.
Ackah, together with an accomplice, Kwame Attah, is alleged to have attacked and robbed a Chinese national of his mobile phone and cash after threatening him with a machete at Aniamote, a village near Bogoso in the Western Region, on March 30, 2016.
DSP Dassah explained that the accomplice, Atta, was sentenced to a 10-year jail term on February 26, 2016 while a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Ackah.
Background
Aaron Ackah was arrested by the police during his wedding ceremony at the Aldersgate Methodist Church on suspicion of robbery.
The bride, identified only as Becky, collapsed out of shock, as her beloved Ackah, in a three-piece black and grey suit and a purple necktie was whisked away by the police.
She is said to have regained consciousness later.
The applause was loud after the couple had exchanged vows and the rings were ready to be slipped on their fingers, but before the ritual could be completed, the police came in to effect the groom’s arrest.
The church members, who for a moment thought they were watching one of Ghana’s Kumawood movies, fled for their lives after the police had picked the groom.
By: Dan Kwasi Prince//dailyviewgh.com
