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Gregory Afoko not dead – Family

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
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The family of Gregory Afoko has in a press statement denied media reports that he is dead.

Gregory Afoko was accused in 2015 for the murder of Alhaji Adams Mahama, the then New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman.

Some media reports claimed that Afoko died from COVID-19 complications.

But the family says such reports are false.

The family made this known in a press statement issued today, November 21, 2020.

“The Royal Ayieta family of Sandema wishes to inform all, that the news trending about Gregory Afoko’s demise is false. Gregory is in some form of good health & has in the past week even tested negative for COVID-19.”

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The family insists further added, “these developments make us suspect that someone is hatching a sinister plan to harm our son. We are forced to call on the Builsa community and all those who genuinely believe in human rights to collectively save a soul who has been facing gross injustice at the hands of the state and its actors”.

“The family will hold the authorities individually and collectively responsible if anything untoward happens to Greg.”

Below is the full statement from the Afoko family
GREGORY AFOKO IS ALIVE AND HEALTHY

The Royal Ayieta family of Sandema, wishes to inform all, that the news trending about Gregory Afoko’s demise is false. Greg is in some form of good health & has in the past week even tested negative for Covid-19.

This malevolent false news is without credibility. The hidden hands behind it are doing so to achieve a certain evil outcome.

The family will hold the authorities individually and collectively responsible if anything untoward happens to Greg.

He has been held unlawfully in BNI custody in solitary confinement for over a year. Unlawfully because he had been remanded into prison custody by a court but was removed by force from the Nsawam prison to BNI custody where access to him has been excessively restricted.

These developments make us suspect that someone is hatching a sinister plan to harm our son. We are forced to call on the Builsa community and all those who GENUINELY believe in human rights to collectively save a soul who has been facing gross injustice at the hands of the state and its actors.

Thank you.

Robert Atong Asekabta, Spokesperson, Ayieta Family, Sandema