The Attorney General’s department is to launch investigations into the circumstances under which a case against 8 members of the pro-NPP vigilante group,delta force, was dropped.
The 8 had been accused of aiding the escape from lawful custody of some 13 Delta Force members standing trial, at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court.
A statement from the information ministry says the counsel given by the Principal State Attorney in the Ashanti region to discontinue the case for lack of evidence was done “without recourse to advice from higher authorityâ€.
 Below is the statement
The Attorney General's department is investigating circumstances under which a Principal State Attorney in Kumasi decided without recourse to advice from higher authority on a matter of high public interest of this nature to  drop charges against persons arrested in connection with disturbances in a Kumasi Magistrate's court in April this year.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the decision was taken without recourse even to the Director of Public Prosecution and may amount to a breach of internal procedures on matters of this nature.
While the department awaits the full results of this investigation we will like to reiterate our commitment to ensuring that the rule of law is applied at all times and persons found culpable of any  breaches that bring the work and commitment of the department into disrepute will be sanctioned and the appropriate remedies adopted in the interest of the Republic.
Signed
Information Minister
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