A group calling itself “Concerned Diasporans of Ghana”, have expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which the case of the two African-American women who were murdered at Akwamufie, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region was progressing.
According to the group, the slow pace of proceedings at the law court was very frustrating and had appealed to the Attorney General to ensure that the prosecution speed up the process because “justice delayed is justice denied”.
The victims, Nzinga Janna, 69, and Mame Lena Diop, 75, both retirees who had lived in the country for nearly two decades were murdered at their residence and buried in a nearby bush on Tuesday May 5, 2015.
The victims were earlier reported to have gone missing and a search in their room purportedly revealed blood stains on the floor and a blood-stained cudgel, believed to have been used to hit them, was also found.
A report was made to the police and their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near a farm within the community. Six suspects were arrested in connection with the case including a driver, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, who later confessed to single-handedly committing the offense and currently standing trial for murder.
Speaking at a press conference at Elmina at the weekend, the spokesperson of the group, Imahkus Njinga Okofu Ababio alleged that the families had been denied copies of the autopsy report with no tangible reasons despite a number of requests to have it released to them
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