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Three charged with treason for attempting to create Western Togoland State

The group was seeking to create a new country from Ghana by declaring the Volta Region and some parts of the Northern and Upper East regions as the Western Togoland State.

The three persons – identified as Asiana Agbenu, Divine Odonkor and Charles Kormi Kudjordjie – are members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) in Ho.

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The group was seeking to create a new country from Ghana by declaring the Volta Region and some parts of the Northern and Upper East regions as the Western Togoland State.

According to the Volta Regional Police Commander, Nana Asomah Hinneh, it became necessary for the Police to arrest the trio when it emerged that they had printed T-shirts with inscribed messages calling for a breakaway from Ghana.

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He stressed that the said T-shirts had inscriptions like “9th May 2017 is pour day” and “A citizen of Western Togoland”.

HSGF is a group that believes the Volta region and other parts of the North should not be considered as a part of Ghana, and have been fighting for a breakaway for sometime now.

They hold that the Western Togoland State – the new country they wish to create – covers the whole of Volta region, and runs all the way from Bawku East to the Gulf of Guinea.

The group therefore set out to declare Western Togoland State an independent country from Ghana on May 9 – an act considered as illegal by the West African nation.

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The Police commander confirmed that two of the charged persons, Asiana Agbenu and Divine Odonkor were currently in Police custody while Charles Kormi Kudjordjie had been granted bail.

The trio have been charged with treason, and if found guilty could face a death penalty.

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