Missing ‘Lands C’ssion’ woman: KNUST lecturer rearrested after discharge by court

Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey, a KNUST lecturer, has been rearrested after he was discharged by the Asokwa District Court.

The lecturer is standing trial for the alleged kidnap of his wife; a staff of the Lands Commission.

He has been in police custody since October 6, 2021, for playing a role in the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko.

The 32-year-old Rhodaline, a Senior Lands Administrative Officer, has been missing since August 30, 2021.

Preliminary police investigations linked Dr. Aggrey of the Petroleum Department of KNUST to an authored kidnapping note. He is also accused of using his wife’s phone to distribute text messages from a spot near his KNUST campus home.

For the first time in several months, he looked set to regain some freedom to move around without the usual handcuffs and police guard.

But his discharge by the court was short-lived, as police officers stationed at the court premises re-arrested and took him into custody.

The court had adjourned proceedings to Monday, February 21, 2022, because the presiding magistrate, His Worship Korkor Achaw Owusu was on leave.

According to a Joy News report, Counsel for the accused, Frederick Kankam, and the Attorney General’s (AG) representative were in court during Monday’s hearing.

When the hearing resumed, a representative of the AG’s office told the court a new charge had been filed at the Kumasi High Court against the accused person.

Mubarak Kadida who held the brief for Charles Edward Addo Yirenkyi, prayed the court to discharge the accused person accordingly.

The court, based on the new information from the AG’s office, discharged the accused accordingly but he was rearrested shortly after his discharge.

Source: Ghanaweb