Daniel Owusu Koranteng, the alleged killer of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale Hussein, has been discharged by the District Court in Madina.
The late Suale Hussein was murdered in 2019 in what was widely believed to be a contract killing. Koranteng, a colleague and friend of the deceased journalist, had been charged with two counts, abetment to commit a crime and murder, and was facing committal proceedings before the court.
At an earlier hearing, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Nana Afuabamfoa Bamfo, informed the court that the case docket had been sent to the Office of the Attorney-General for a review of the evidence to determine whether there was sufficient basis for prosecution.
On Tuesday, October 14, the prosecution told the court that the Attorney-General’s advice was for the case to be discontinued due to insufficient evidence.
Koranteng, also known as Amakye, had been granted bail in May. According to the case facts, the accused was known to have had a close relationship with the deceased and his family before the incident.
In June 2018, tensions allegedly escalated when former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, broadcast images of Ahmed Suale on his television station and called for attacks against him.
Chief Inspector Bamfo told the court that the deceased later identified the accused as the person who provided Mr Agyapong with his photographs and allegedly confronted him through WhatsApp.
Investigations revealed that on January 16, 2019, following the broadcast of Suale’s images, he was shot and killed in Madina. The prosecutor said the accused, who had previously worked with the deceased at Tiger Eye P.I., led by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was allegedly privy to the deceased’s residence and hideouts.
He allegedly guided two other suspects, currently at large, to the location where Ahmed Suale was shot and killed. Call records reportedly placed the accused near the deceased’s residence in Madina before and during the murder.