The Accra Circuit court presided over by Aboagye Tando has remanded Kwame Gyebi into police custody for saying President John Dramani Mahama will collapse during this year’s Independence Day parade.
Kasapa FM’s court correspondent Daakyehene Ofosu Agyeman reported that the 33-year-old man’s plea of not guilty was not enough to save him as prosecution asked for more time to continue with investigations.
The suspect, Kwame Gyebi was alleged to have made that comment at a drinking bar at Dzorwulu, in Accra and was reported to the police by witnesses.
According to a highly-placed source at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Gyebi was said to have boasted he knew what he was referring to and dared anyone to mark his words.
People who overheard him reported him to the Airport Police who later handed him over to the security agents.
According to the BNI source, its unit was currently investigating the motive of Gyebi and says they are also running a few security checks because of the security implications of the suspect’s statement.
We cannot take anything for granted,” the BNI source noted.
The case has been adjourned to March 14.
This year’s Independence Day parade will be organized at the Independence Square on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
The President, ministers of state, personnel of the security services, school children, members of the diplomatic corps, trade unions and the general public are expected to be present at the ceremony.