• The accused reportedly wanted to destabilize the country and topple the government
• Hearing is still ongoing
A military man by the name Sergeant Sulley Awarf, who is a witness in the coup plotting case has revealed to the court that he used someone’s certificate to enroll into the Ghana Armed Forces.
He said he has a Second Class diploma in Woodwork from Bechem Technical Institute.
This, he said he obtained in 2004 after he entered the Technical Institute with his JSS certificate.
The sergeant was planted among the coup plotters to capture videos of their activities.
This, he admitted during cross-examination in court.
Meanwhile, a hard drive containing audiovisual recordings of activities of the alleged coup plotters standing trial at a High Court has been admitted as evidence amidst objections by lawyers for the accused persons.
The lawyers of the accused had argued that their objections were grounded on the originality, authenticity, and relevance of the recordings, as well as breach of the accused person’s right to privacy, reports citinewsroom.com.
These reasons, however, were not enough to convince the court even as it ruled that the said recordings pass the admissibility test.
Also, the court, presided over by Justice Serwa Botwe, said that since the matter is in the public interest, relative to the seriousness of the charges, it was exercising its discretion under Article 18 of the Constitution, admitting the secretly recorded audio and videos.
Ten persons, including three civilians, six military personnel, and a senior police officer, are facing charges of treason felony and conspiracy to commit treason felony in a case where they are alleged to have wanted to throw the country into a state of instability, destabilize the state and to topple the government.
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