Young Peoples and Human Rights Ghana

Nine students of the University of Ghana, Legon, who have been dragged to an Accra Circuit Court for unlawfully locking up a suspected thief, Amina Haruna, in a room at Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex B where they allegedly inserted their fingers into her private parts, yesterday denied any wrongdoing. The accused persons pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime, assault by imprisonment, indecent assault and causing unlawful harm in a court presided over by Mrs. Georgina-Mensah Datsa. The accused persons are Francis Wiredu Attah, Tornu Mark Dickson, Morris Awuregya, Nana Osei Asiamah, Gideon Agyei Ayiridaga, Aboyadana Amobilla, Afeatse Godfred, Evans Addai Boateng and Obed Banini. The police are hunting for Alexander Aryee, Benedicta Boamah Brohim and Jason Boamah Amponsah, three suspected accomplices who have managed to go underground since their colleagues were arrested. The accused persons were granted bail in the sum of GH¢9,000 while the case has been adjourned to May 30, 2011. D