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| Torgbui Amenya Fiti (L) Torgbui Aflao Detu |
The Ho High court on Friday
remanded into Police custody, a claimant to the Aflao paramount stool, Togbui
Afla Awuno Detu IX.
Torgbui Afla Detu, known in
private life as Raphael Kodzovi Fiho was arraigned before the court after he was
arrested by the Aflao Police on Thursday for defying Police orders not to
enter the town after security intelligence revealed his actions could spark
violence.
Five other persons were
also arrested by the police for attempting to enter the residence of the rival
chief, after they had information that he (Torgbui Afla Detu) was in town to be
outdoored as the new chief of the area.
Torgbui Afla Detu who was charged
on two counts of offensive conduct, organizing public event without recourse to
the public order act, however pleaded not guilty to both charges.
State Prosecutor, Moses
Asampoa told the court the action of the rival chief, has raised tension in the
area, with the potential to inflame chaos.
He subsequently prayed the
court to remand the accused in order to douse the tension in the area. But the
defence counsel, Savior M.K Dzikunu rebutted the claims of the prosecutor and
also prayed the grant bail to his client since the charges against him were
bailable offences.
Presiding judge Patrick
Baaye in his wisdom remanded the rival chief into police custody to reappear on
Tuesday, September 30. The decision, according to
the Judge is for the safety of both the accused and the people of Aflao.
