Jailed gunman proposed love to me - Woman recounts

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  • ELINAM 10 years ago

    Seriously.

  • BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

    Who cares? It is some of the "Azaaaa" that the npp thought him to be doing in case the assassination attempt fails. Throw him jail, the Npp and their leaders sent him to do the bidding .

  • DR TRUTH 10 years ago

    IN GERMANY N ITALY IF U RESIST DEPORTATION THEY MIGHT INJECT U WITH STIMULANT WHICH AFFECTS YOUR THINKING SO YOU CANT PUT UP A SOUND LEGAL DEFENCE...

  • BNN 10 years ago

    THIS MAD MAN MUST BE AN NPPIAN LIKE SIR JOHN

  • Ali 10 years ago

    This is evidently a hired gunman by the NPP to do their dirty work. How and where did he acquire the gun and how did he finance himself to buy the gun and the ammunition? It is the trade mark of the Busia/Danquah tradition. F ...
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  • Fake testimonies 10 years ago

    Npp is trying to get their hit man off the hook so they are bringing up people to concuct stories that will make the hitman a mentally disturbed person. Is that the same man who sat and plan how to get the president without g ...
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  • Fake testimonies 10 years ago

    Concort stories

  • Fake testimonies 10 years ago

    He has been mad for five years and never killed anyone before and just decided to kill just the president? Such a mad man is too clever. He needs to be locked in jail for Life. He is very dangerous.

  • Saint Ghfuo: CHALLENGE YOURSELF!!! 10 years ago

    Pls, give antwi my bed at ankaful...muahahahahaaaaaaa I don't need it anymore

  • Jake 10 years ago

    NPP sponsored strike everywhere, so stay in your bed for now till the strike is called off. If Antwi is deemed insane then you would need to vacate your bed for him.

  • abena-kwabena 10 years ago

    Thank God you are not the ones to decide if he is sick or not. There are ways qualified personnel can determine if one is telling the truth or not(lie detector test). They can tell how intelligent you are(IQ test) and they ca ...
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  • United Ghana 10 years ago

    Ali, have you also considered the possibility that he was aided by the govt, in order to change the news headlines? Suddenly, E&P is out of the news. We live in mysterious times

  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Then don't go to countries illegally! End of!

  • Daniel Agyeaman 10 years ago

    Why all these sudden revelations now?
    This tricks will not work.Why not mention the names of those people, a woman,a taxi driver, they don't have names?

  • DESTROYERS PARTY N D C 10 years ago

    They must ARREST mahama because Mr ANTWI said mahama and ANTWI KILLED Mr ATTA MILLS.ls john mahama above the LAW?You FOOLS MUST REASON LIKE HUMAN BEINGS

  • DR TRUTH 10 years ago

    ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, WHO TOLD U A MAD MAN HAS NO SEXUAL APPETITE?

  • Abraham 10 years ago

    I agree with u even if this guy is insane 10 years is fair judgement because the guy is danger to the public...2001 in Maryland in USA a 21 years old woman planing to hire someone to kill the girlfriend of her ex man so she t ...
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  • mugu yaro 10 years ago

    if really this gentleman is mental retarded how did he convey transport from Brong Ahafo all the way to north ridge assemblies of God worshiping center with the notion and intent that the president attend and worship at that ...
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  • Ghana lady 10 years ago

    Soo stupid rapid people so u talk any how, raises man.stupid

  • Aisha 10 years ago

    If we are to go by ur logic I'll rather say the nd sent the gunman to kill the president b'cos they will benefit from the president's death. The npp will benefit nothing from John's death. So why will they embark on a fruitle ...
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  • Che 10 years ago

    This man is not terribly mad. He has conscious and deserves to be tried. Not any stupid man is crazy enough to be forgiven for taking a loaded gun to the church of the President with the intention of killing him. Ask lawyers, ...
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  • BNN 10 years ago

    NPP COME AGAIN

  • Canadian 10 years ago

    Some of this so called judges need to check their mental health every year. Such evaluation will also help. Judge obiri is insane.

  • Dessie 10 years ago

    I don't think your smart Canadian;canadians don't believe in assassination..i don't think any person plan to kill Stephen Harper will get a fare sentence

  • usa man 10 years ago

    jh new york if you are in heaven who care toillet cleaner find something better to say.

  • Menu 10 years ago

    do you clean your toilet?aboa bi ba

  • KUTRIKU 10 years ago

    CHE,even if this guy was sane, do you think it is right to throw some one into jail for 10yrs without the representation of a lawyer? Know that Ghana is in a constitutional rule. I'm surprised the president himself and the c ...
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  • Kojo 10 years ago

    This is not justice! End of! And yet there are people on remand for over 3 years - how is this all justice!

  • Asaga 10 years ago

    I can't question his mental stability but the fact that the man is able to travel all the way from BA to Accra, located the church, dressed nicely to church with the intent of killing the prez is questionable..... there is m ...
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  • okoto 10 years ago

    Antwi has some sense. If he is that crazy as his supporter are trying to make us believe. How did he acquire the Pistol?
    Two Ghana Cedis can not purchase a Pistol in Ghana. Who finance him?
    How did he find his way to that ...
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  • Kofi Agyeman 10 years ago

    I bet you Mr.( Know it all). I mean Dr.Okoampa Ahoofe will one day spill the beans.

  • Jake 10 years ago

    That imbecile of an individual?. That teacher from Nassau community college? This is what one of the students wrote about him.
    "terrible teacher ! spends the first hour of class completely digressing about nonsense, nothing ...
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  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Please do some research on mental disorders. There are so many and it doesn't mean the individual doesn't display normal behaviour sometimes. Why are we so ignorant?

  • Africanus 10 years ago

    Thank you Kojo. So many people here has a distorted understanding of mental illness. They expect every person with mental disorder to be naked and walking the streets aimlessly. Some people need to be re-educated.

  • Kobe - CH 10 years ago

    Rather investigate the man, he could be hire by doctors, teachers, politician or even some church group.
    Even as some churches need members to get more collection could be behnd this to scare follow members of going to that ...
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  • micky 10 years ago

    I agree with you Okoto where did a madman got a gun who showed him that presidents church? This is completely trick . He is not mad

  • Not an ignorant 10 years ago

    If Ghanaians really want to help this man they should stop the criticism of the sentence and focus on who really put this man into this mess.
    The man is sane but not smart just like any of you who are criticizing the judge ...
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  • KIM JUNG UN 10 years ago

    When is President John Mahama coming to say he has pardoned the Mahama gunman because he is not correct upstairs and for Omane Boamah to start singing Mahama's praises?
    It is taking so long.

  • Lion 10 years ago

    U can continue concorting stories to get him freed for another adventure yet still u will not succeed

  • Daniel Agyeaman 10 years ago

    Lion,you have my mind.They will not succeed.

  • SAMITU ROSE 10 years ago

    IS THE NDC SO STUPID THAT THEY CANT EVEN IDENTIFY A MAD MAN?....WHY IS THE NDC SO FULL OF MORONS?

  • km 10 years ago

    Samitu rose you are the most stupid person on this earth ok. do you mean they should leave this man until he killed someone or what? nonsense samitu

  • Kofi Konadu. ksi. 10 years ago

    This is too serious cook story,he needs a good philological intorigation to know who are behind this,it's a well plan thing,I can not rule out any political infuenc in this.

  • Obed Adore 10 years ago

    This is truly mental but no court will ever set him free with the possession of illegal loaded gun or even an attempt to shoot the president. He will be found guilty for those crimes if tried but NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE (N ...
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  • Koo 10 years ago

    Instead of you investigating the medical history of this man, you chose this cheap way of determining who a mad man is. Shame

  • Nana Addo Dankwa. 10 years ago

    He proposed love to you and so what? Are you ready to replace him in prison custody? Nonsense.

  • Paa Kwesi in the Bronx 10 years ago

    The guy deserves even 20 years of prison because he is a menace to the society and an enemy of progress of Ghana. If mentally sick indeed, then where did he get the weapon from? How did he get to Accra with his weapon? How di ...
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  • Ewiase 10 years ago

    Oh such a great mad man as this and you jail him, instead of refering him to the psychologist... Francis Obiri wogyimi paa... Odwan !

  • Koo 10 years ago

    The family claimed he has been mad for five years. And they never sent him to hospital if indeed he is mad. And you expect the judge who does not know to send him to phychiatric hospital

  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Have you tried to get mental care in Ghana? Please rethink your comment. Ghanaians are also so afraid of mental ill health they ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist. Meanwhile every 2 in 5 has some mental disorder ranging f ...
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  • martin 10 years ago

    any man who rape a three year old baby girl is not sane . if such people are in jail and not a mental house why not this man

  • Africanus 10 years ago

    Where did you get this theory from?

  • ABAAH. 10 years ago

    FROM STUPID ASIEDU NKETIAH WHO HAVE Phd IN STUPIDITIES.WHEN THESE NDC FOLLOWERS COMMENT,YOU WOULD EXACTLY KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE MOST STUPID HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS PLANET.THAT IS WHY GHANA IS FLAT ON ITS BELLY.

  • Koo 10 years ago

    The same family is saying they new he came to Accra to process his travelling documents. A mad man processing traveling documents? When arrested he is a mad man

  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Please stop using the term mad! It is incorrect.

  • pkirks 10 years ago

    Better be thrown into jail if he is really .mentally derailed. Besides you dont need him in society. How can a mentally derailed man load is gun and knowimg what he wanted to do with a loaded gun. He went straight to the crim ...
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  • Brofo 10 years ago

    This guy is my hero....even a mentally deranged man knows that NDC government is useless and Mahama must be killed.

  • pimpinis 10 years ago

    don't u wanna b a hero too?? if supporting what he did then better try it yourself next time

  • JH. New York 10 years ago

    The 2 Cedis to cook food could mean the man might be a miser,or extremely
    wicked person.Now,what are the accounts by people,here any there, about!.Do the Courts rely on people's accounts or Medical evaluation/report ,in thi ...
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  • Law speaks 10 years ago

    Why didn't you report him to the police or charge him for overspeeding? Don't deceive the public.

  • Anani 10 years ago

    He is insane, we've agreed, how did he get the gun fully loaded????????

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

    A man gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. "What's up?" he says. "I'm having a heart attack," cries the woman ...
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  • Jake 10 years ago

    lol

  • ASAMOAH 10 years ago

    SO HOW DID HE GOT THE GUN? NPP GAVE HIM

  • Abena 10 years ago

    If the man is really mad, where did he get the loaded gun from? Who brought him from his hometown in Brong Ahafo Region? Instead of asking question leading the plot, allyou are saying is the man is insane.
    How did he know wh ...
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  • NOWATI 10 years ago

    Those idiots and NPP are doing everything they can to set the man free. If the person proposed love to you and later ignored about the proposal doesn't signal that he is mentally sick. Again, overspeeding doesn't give credenc ...
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  • Ugly akufo addo 10 years ago

    This oldman is very stupid

  • Fake testimonies 10 years ago

    NPP are trying had to get their hit man off the hook, so they are bringing up people to make up stories to make the man a mentally disturbed person. Is that the same man who sat and plan how to get the president without going ...
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  • bright 10 years ago

    If so , he is mentally ill why only the president he intended to kill. ghanaians should be mindful about how we play politics.

  • Onipaba 10 years ago

    Stupid and incompetent judge.He shoiuld go back to school.A bootlickerWho in his right sense will want to kill this useless and incompetent president He will die of natural causes or must be tried for wasting the time of Ghan ...
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  • Emmanuel Adu Gyamfi pogasty 10 years ago

    All the people who are defending this guy are all mentally sick.Assuming you are the person this guy want to shoot.will you be happy?

  • Baba Sule 10 years ago

    Why didn't he attempt killing his foolish parents and his npp supporters? The npp led by a violent arrogant and a frustrated foolish old man, is solidly behind this. The npp can go to hell. They gave him the gun to kill the p ...
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  • NII TEIKO 10 years ago

    Where from all these nonsense. Are we saying mad peoples should be going round looking for normal people's to kill? What is wrong with NPP why didn't he go looking for Nana ADDO to kill him? Why everyone in NPP now supportin ...
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  • BOY KOFI 10 years ago

    The judge was very kind to this young man for just charging him with a minor crime.In any case,if the BNI finds out that the guy is not crazy then I think the State will also file a new case against him.He could be charged as ...
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  • salinsa 10 years ago

    i'm not doubting the assertion that the youngman may be mentally challenged however, the lady's account is a usual thing. first of all its not always true that if a man proposes love to then automatically that means marriage. ...
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  • YAHAYA IBRAHIM 10 years ago

    IF HE HAS PROPOSED TO U AND SO WHAT? IF U LOVE HIM THEN GO N STAY WITH HIM IN THE PRISON PERIOD AND STOP ANNOYING US MORE.THIS IS SILLY TALK.

  • bigfoot 10 years ago

    The judge must be stripped off his post as a Judge. If it he was based in Europe, He would been long gone. We need competent Judges in our courts.

  • Amenu 10 years ago

    Give him the benefit of the doubt and try him @ the psychiatric hospital. Let's avoid insults, Ghana is a developing country.

  • W. Quashigah 10 years ago

    It is a contract gaven to him to kill the president. He should be jail for his entire life.

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  • ananseba 10 years ago

    I presume he was so mad he could not remember where he obtained the gun from and how much he paid for it. Let us get serious and do some proper investigation.
    The problem is the speed at which the case was rushed through cou ...
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  • OGIDI 10 years ago

    GOD HELP GHANA. WHY ALL THIS DEBATE OF THE GUNMAN BEING MAD OR NOT. THE ISSUE IS THAT,WAS HE CAUGHT WITH GUN IN THE CHURCH? IF YES, THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY SHOULD DEAL WITH HIM. BECAUSE,SO MANY CHURCHES AROUND, HOW CAN A MAD M ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Akwasi Osei we wrote the other time that psychiatry is not a biological science, it is a social science that study the reasoning of the human person or animals, and it is an aspect of psychology. We also added yesterday that ...
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  • Yamyia ALFRED 10 years ago

    These are the things we do and Ghana is coming ungovernable. This is a man who has been spotted with a gun trying to assassinate the president. And here we are, seeing people from all over trying to defend such a person in th ...
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  • Body Bone 10 years ago

    Charles Antwi is sickly guy,who r u 2 say dat he wz sent by NPP" u ignorant pple u shud let Charles be

  • Body Bone(New Tafo-Akim) 10 years ago

    he who has not sinned before must swear n see wh'ill hapin 2 him/her u pharisees!!!!! I dnt even kno dat Ghana as a nation we hav e fastest judges lyk dis mmmmm........!!! den Wayomi must be arrested

  • GoodMan 10 years ago

    The npp lawyers will quickly jump to the defence of such people.Infact their actions are suspicious.If this gunman had suceeded with his intention,somebody's hushand/father/son would be dead and the outcome would have been a ...
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  • GoodMan 10 years ago

    So as a religious country don't you think the Almighty God played a role in this?God disorganised the man and made the whole thing failed.

  • Ghana First 10 years ago

    The biggest question is: why was he (Charles Antwi) deported from Italy? It's very important to find out because he could have been involved in similar violent or criminal activities while there. Even in Ghana here, he was qu ...
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  • Sam Asampa 10 years ago

    It is increasingly becoming clear that the justice system failed.
    Why was Charles' mental status not determined first before by the court?

    Why was he not represented by Legal Counsel?

    This needs to be corrected urge ...
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  • Ghana First 10 years ago

    Why was he deported from Italy?

  • Africanus 10 years ago

    Why don't you ask the Italians. After-all immigrants get deported all the time around the world. Why should one person's deportation raise questions?

  • Security Matters 10 years ago

    Fantastic question from you, Africanus! Why should one person's deportation raise questions? The answer is obvious: it is because he has attempted to assassinate the President of Ghana! How many deported Ghanaians have attemp ...
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  • Sir Paul 10 years ago

    The guy has a mental problem. But where did he get the gun from. Somebody is behind it. People saw that he is mad and wanted to use him to kill the president.

  • km 10 years ago

    Ask and ask again Sir Paul

  • Security Matters 10 years ago

    Even in Ghana here, he was quoted as saying that driving a taxi cab at 140-160 km/hr with passengers in it is NOT overspeeding!

  • AKILLAH 10 years ago

    Hmm let us not pretend that the gunman who wanted to kill our prez.he is a mad man. If they still believe that so he is mad man,then why don't him tried to kill his family with the gun.HMHMHMHM

  • JULIANA 10 years ago

    if ALL MAD MEN IN GHANA CAN CONCEIVED AN IDEA AND DELIVER IT THEN NAWOAH.
    HE WAS MAD BUT WAS ABLE TO CONCEIVE THE IDEA OF KILLING THE PREZ, WENT AND BOUGHT A GUN AND BULLETS, LOADED IT,BOARD A VEHICLE TO ACCRA, LOCATED THE P ...
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  • Kay Eghan 10 years ago

    So this man is mad so why didn't he go to the church with a wooden pistol? Where did he got the fully loaded pistol and how did he got to know where the President worship?
    A mad man indeed! If a mad man can got a loaded pist ...
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  • Asona Ba Asah Bekoe Atuo - USA 10 years ago

    Mentally insane has even seen the insanity of Mahama and wanted to gun him down before he Mahama kills everyone by his incompetence .

  • Steve 10 years ago

    You are cheap lady,she your face

  • Adam 10 years ago

    If the guy is mad then all Ghanaians are mad as well.
    1.how can a mad man get access to a loaded gun?
    2. A mad man boards a public transport all the way from Brong Ahafo Region to Accra, without anyone noticing he was carry ...
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  • Kofi Kanawu 10 years ago

    The speedy conviction of this young man goes to buttress the fact that the judge is really unsuitable to be on the bench. Only God knows how many innocent people have been jailed as a result of his incompetence. To me, he nee ...
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  • Rash 10 years ago

    If he is mentally ill why did he kill this mother or any member of this family and came to Accra to kill Mahama.

  • donkobby 10 years ago

    the guy is in the sh3da bodam category, just drop him in the middle of the N1 highway to see if he will flee when he sees a vehicle approaching at top speed, if he does add extra 10 years to his jail term.

  • The mighty one 10 years ago

    This man will someone one day and ghanaians will come to their senses.

  • adjei 10 years ago

    This is not political issue he is mad for years bcos he was in ltaly and deported home.in italy he fight





    with soldiers and police any x that he walks out

  • Bobby Catalunya 10 years ago

    NDC, You are trying to deceive Ghanaians. Bcos Asiedu Nketia told us that there was not hing inside the gun but today you are telling us that th gun was fully loaded. Now which is which.