The suspect connected to the assassination of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, has been remanded into custody.
Koranteng, a 35-year-old businessman, was remanded by the Madina District Court following his appearance on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. He has been provisionally charged with murder.
Speaking on the case, the legal counsel for Koranteng, Kofi Essel, described the charges leveled against his client as “shambolic,” stating that the initial charge of abetment brought by the police had been changed to murder.
“The police hurriedly put a charge sheet together on the offence of murder. First, they were talking about abetment but today, we were sprung up with a surprise charge sheet of one count of murder and they prayed the court to remand our client with no basis.
“The charge sheet is shambolic as I said in court because they have nothing on our client. It is just a multitude of suspicions, allegations, and hearsays put together,” he said in a JoyNews interview sighted by GhanaWeb on March 19, 2025.
Koranteng and his team are expected to reappear in court on April 1, 2025.
The suspect was arrested in connection with the death of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale.
Koranteng, identified as a friend of Suale, reportedly released some photos of the deceased to a popular politician in Ghana before he was murdered.
The two had worked together at Tiger Eye Private Investigations before the suspect, also known as Akwasi Amakye, disguised himself and left the shores of the country after police picked up information about his involvement in the case.
The report noted that the suspect relocated to the UK when police were closing in on him.
He was arrested at Amasaman-Adease at a salon.
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