Prof Benneh’s murder trial : New suspect put before court, another hospitalized

The case has been adjourned to November 9, 2020.

Prof Benneh’s murder trial : New suspect put before court, another hospitalized
Late Professor Yaw Benneh

Another person believed to have been involved in the murder of the University of Ghana law lecturer, Professor Yaw Benneh has been arraigned at the Kaneshie District Court.

The suspect, Ebenezer Kwayisi alias Junior, was arraigned at the Kaneshie District Court Monday morning [October 26, 2020] by the prosecution in the case, as reported by Graphic Online.

He becomes the third suspect to be arraigned in court in addition to the lead suspect James Nana Womba and Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah.

Meanwhile, the second suspect, Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah’s is said to have fallen ill and currently on admission at the Police Hospital.

His development comes barely a week after the lead suspect, James Nana Womba died in police custody.

According to the police, Nana Womba fell sick while in their custody and receiving treatment at the Police Hospital when he died.

The court is yet to receive the post mortem examination report on Womba, to know what actually killed him.

The case has been adjourned to November 9, 2020.

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Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, was found dead at his residence at Adjiriganor in Accra.

The body of the law lecturer, a younger brother of a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. George Benneh, was discovered in his residence on Saturday, September 12, 2020 lying in a pool of blood, with his hands tied behind him and his body bearing cuts all over.