In the ongoing murder trial of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, Defence lawyers cross-examined the investigator regarding the involvement of Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Digitization.
Yaw Dankwah, Counsel for Daniel Asiedu, also known as Sexy Don Don, questioned why the Police Investigators had not disclosed the Minister for Communications and Digitization’s involvement.
Prosecution Witnesses detailed how Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful allegedly drove two of the Prosecution Witnesses, mobile phone repairers from Dansoman, to Kanda and handed them over to the police. The witnesses, identified as PW3 and PW4, are crucial to the case.
Sexy Don Don has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and robbery, while Vincent Bossu, alias Junior Agoogo, has also pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to rob and is standing trial in lawful custody.
During further cross-examination on Monday, March 11, Defence Counsel Yaw Dankwah questioned why Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful did not provide a statement to the Police. Dankwah asked ASP Augustus Nkrumah if he had come across the name Ursula Owusu during his investigation, to which Nkrumah responded in the negative.
“Per your investigations did it become very clear that it was Ursula Owusu who poked PW3 (Kenneth Koranchie) & PW4 (Mobile Phone repairer) in her car and she drove all the way from Dansoman to Kanda Highway and handed them over to the police officers,” Lawyer Dankwah enquired.
He was quick to ask the Investigator whether his investigation revealed that.
But the Witness in his response said, “that was the briefing we got from the regional CID.”
Lawyer Dankwah again went on further to put to the Investigator that, it was true that, “you never ever when you took over the investigation with your team invited Ursula Owusu to give a statement.”
In his response, the Investigator said, “as I have told the Court, it was an investigation team and I don’t take decisions on my own.”
“It is also true that when you and your team and likewise your bosses whom you take instructions from never disclose the involvement of Ursula Owusu who took your witnesses (PW3 and PW4) to hand them over to a police officer at Kanda Highway,” lawyer Yaw Dankwah put to the Investigator.
The Investigator in his response said, “that fact had been cleared in this court that during the briefing she was the one that took them to the police (at Kanda) and I have told this Court.”
The case has been adjourned to March 12, 2024, for further proceedings.