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Paul Ofori-Amoah, the parliamentary candidate for Agona West constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been charged with murder
Paul Ofori-Amoah is currently being interrogated by the Central Regional Police CID for allegedly plotting eliminate Cynthia Morrison, Member of Parliament for the area.
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Updating the media on the case, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Irene Serwaah Oppong, Regional Public Relations Officer, said Mrs Morrison who is also the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Monday made a formal complaint to the police over the plot to have her killed.
As earlier reported, the four suspects, Saddick Abubakar, Gordon Kunya, Isaac Addea, and Dauda Fatau were arrested by the police at the Elohim Hotel in Agona Swedru in the Central region, planning on how to kill the minister when suddenly police pounced on them.
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The fifth suspect is reported to have absconded upon seeing the police.
One of the suspects is said to have mentioned Paul Ofori-Amoah who is contesting for the Agona West parliamentary seat as the paymaster and the brain behind the plot.
Paul Ofori Amoah was subsequently picked up and detained on Saturday evening by the police for questioning.
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He is said to have admitted that he brought the four suspects to the area to execute the plot and also confessed that he issued the two cheques found with the suspects in the hotel room.
The police team dispatched to the hotel met the suspects lodging in rooms eight and nine and upon a search they retrieved a knife and a cutlass in room eight, occupied by Addea and Fatau Dauda.
DSP Oppong said the team also searched room nine, occupied by Gordon Kunya and Saddick Abubakar, and found a lighter and two packets of rizzler as well as two bank opened-cheques for GHC5000 each on Dauda and Gordon.
They were cautioned on the charges of preparation to commit crime, to wit murder, and carrying offensive weapon.
The plea of the suspects, who appeared before a Circuit Court in Cape Coast, presided over by Dorinda Smith Arthur, were not taken and they have been remanded in police custody to re-appear on Friday, October 30.
DSP Oppong said the caution statement of Mr Amoah, currently in the custody of the police CID, had also been taken, charged with abetment to commit crime, to wit murder, and preparation to commit crime.
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