The Attorney General�s (A-Gs) Office has taken over prosecution of the case against the Founder of God�s Way International Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, and two of his junior pastors for allegedly vandalizing and attacking the host and panel members of Hot FM, a private radio station in Accra.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. Reindorf Agyemang, until yesterday the prosecuting officer told the Accra Circuit court that the case had been assigned to a substantive prosecutor, Ms Cynthia Lamptey, a State Attorney, who would take over from the police.
Following that, Mr. Agyemang prayed the court for a short adjournment to enable the substantive prosecutor to take over. The court, presided over by Mr. Eric Kyei Baffour, therefore adjourned the case to November 7, 2011. At the court�s last sitting, the case had been adjourned because the prosecutor said the docket had been sent to the A-Gs Office for advice. That was after the court had turned down an appeal by Mr. Kwame Afriyie, counsel for the accused persons, that the matter be withdrawn to enable the parties to try an out-of-court settlement, the outcome of which would be communicated to the court.
The other accused persons are Kofi Akwetey, 35 and Kingsley Baah, 27. Counsel had told the court that negotiations for an amicable settlement had begun before the accused persons were arraigned. Bishop Obinim and Pastor Kingsley Baah, as well as Pastor Kofi Akwetteh, are jointly facing charging of conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful entry, causing damage to private property and assault.
Bishop Obinim, is however charged with two additional counts of using an offensive weapon and causing unlawful harm. They have, however pleaded not guilty to all charges and have been admitted to bail in the sum of �50,000 with two sureties each.
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