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General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2002

Source: gna

Chief Acquitted And Discharged

Nana Twum Barima II, former chief of Twumduase near Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi who was accused of grave looting has been acquitted and discharged by a Kumasi circuit tribunal, chaired by Mr. E.Y. Obimpe.

Nana Twum Barima and his driver, Kwame Poku were charged with two counts of disinterment of the body of the dead and unlawful exhumation. They pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The tribunal, in acquitting and discharging the accused held that there was no evidence against them.