Four granted GH¢320,000 bail for alleged kidnapping
The Assin Fosu District Court has granted bail in the sum of GH¢320,000 to four people standing trial in connection with the kidnapping and torture of 30-year-old Bismark Amoh, a resident of Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The post Four granted GH¢320,000 bail for alleged kidnapping appeared first on Ghana Business News .
The Assin Fosu District Court has granted bail of GH¢320,000 to four individuals accused of kidnapping and torturing Bismark Amoh, 30, a resident of Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The defendants are charged with six offenses, including kidnapping, conspiracy, threat, harm, unlawful image sharing, and theft. All pleaded guilty.
Mavis Badu Acheampong, 42, a teacher at Kumasi Girls Senior High School, and Oteng Barfour, 31, an electrician, each received GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties. Charles Doku, 53, a security guard, and Kenneth Opoku Kwarteng, alias Culture, a teacher, received GH¢60,000 bail with two sureties, one of which must be a public officer.
The court, presided over by Mr Abdul Majid Iliasu, set a hearing for October 23, 2026. ASP Wonder Lumor and Chief Inspector Gilbert Abagna Anyongo, who led the prosecution, stated that the suspects held Amoh hostage from September 6 to 11, 2026, and demanded GH¢45,000 from his family. The prosecution alleged that the suspects claimed Amoh had defrauded Mavis Badu Acheampong of GH¢44,800.
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