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Two death sentences in Tamale
Ghana is considered to be a democratic country that leads in human rights but unfortunately the entrenched clause in the constitution that allows the death penalty has become rampant, a human rights activist says.
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Ghana still has laws that allow the death penalty - it has become an entrenched clause only because the government nor presidency alone cannot take that away unless there is a referendum, Director of Amnesty International GhanaLawrence Amesu says.
This week, the Tamale High Court sentenced a 33-year old Fulani herdsman to death by hanging.
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The court, presided over by His Lordship Mr. Charles Gyamfi Danquah handed down the sentence of death after all seven judges came out with an unanimous decision of guilty of murder.
The convict and the deceased were brothers and lived in the same house at Soma village near Tuna in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Northern Region with other members of their family.
Ghanaweb reports that in November 2008, there was a family dispute which lead the convict to assault his siblings.
Later, the convict followed the deceased who was herding their father’s cattle to the bush to graze where he stabbed him in ribs resulting in his death.
It was reported that when he realized he had killed his brother, he went home packed his belongings and left the village undetected, however the convict’s father became suspicious about the disappearance of the deceased and after failing to find the deceased lodged a complaint with police.
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Mumuni Adama was arrested in Kalba village while he attempted to escape with his wife. He then confessed to the police about killing his brother and led them to the body.
This sentence comes a week after a 22-year-old trader was also sentenced to death after being found guilty of murder by a five-member jury at the Tamale High Court.
Zeila Sulemana was convicted and sentenced after stabbing nursing student Rawdia Aminu, in 2014 after the two argued.
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