Pooley was murdered on February 2
The police officer standing trial for the murder of popular Kumasi Asante Kotoko fan, Francis Frimpong alias Nana Pooley, has been granted a GH¢300,000 bail with two sureties by the Sunyani District Court B.
According to a Graphic Sports publication, Agyemang Duah Owusu, a 42-year-old police inspector, was granted bail during a court sitting on February 17, 2025.
As part of the bail conditions, Owusu must submit his passport to the court registry within three days.
The report furthered that the court reviewed the bail conditions of the other suspects, which include Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the former Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Joseph Kyeremeh, Elizabeth Akosua Ntiwaa, and Yaa Asantewaa.
The new terms of their bail allow them to either travel or leave Sunyani of their own accord without any judicial restrictions.
They have since been charged with “abetment to commit a crime, to wit murder,” under Sections 20 (1) and 46 of the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 (Act 29), and they must report to the police once every week. They are to reappear before the court on March 10, 2025.
Meanwhile, the court denied bail to three other suspects – Isaac Fosu, Augustine Yeboah, and Yaw Koshy.
The trio are facing charges of murder and are expected to appear before the court again on March 3, 2025.
Francis Frimpong alias Nana Pooley was stabbed during a melee that ensued in a Ghana Premier League match between Nsoatreman FC and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on March 2, 2025, at the Nana Konamansah Park in Twumasikrom near Nsoatre, in the Bono Region.
Meanwhile, a former member of the Management Committee of Asante Kotoko has promised a GH¢10,000 reward for anyone who volunteers information that leads directly to the arrest of the main suspect in the case.
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