The former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has petitioned the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice to transfer an alleged shooting case involving her and eight others from the Adenta Circuit Court to the High Court.
According to her lawyers, the Adenta Circuit Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case because the offence is a first-degree felony, which is triable only by the High Court.
In a petition dated June 25, 2026, her lawyers alleged that Adwoa Safo was shot at multiple times on Sunday, June 21, 2026, while seated in her vehicle outside the residence of her brother, Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena, who is listed among the accused persons in the case. The lawyers claim her Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sustained visible gunshot damage during the incident.
Following investigations, Safo Akofena and eight other suspects were arrested and arraigned before the Adenta Circuit Court. They were subsequently granted bail in the sum of GH¢500,000 each, with two sureties.
The accused persons face multiple charges, including the use of an offensive weapon, possession of explosives, firearms and ammunition, use of vigilante groups and activities, discharging firearms in a public place, and causing unlawful damage.
However, counsel for the former MP contends that the charge relating to the intentional and unlawful use of an offensive weapon to cause harm constitutes a first-degree felony. They argue that such an offence is triable only on indictment before the High Court and not the Circuit Court.
“Respectfully, the offence of intentionally and unlawfully causing harm with the use of an offensive weapon is a first-degree felony and is triable on indictment before the High Court, not the Circuit Court,” the petition stated.
The lawyers further argued that the Circuit Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case or entertain any bail application involving the accused persons.
As a result, they are requesting the Attorney-General to call for the police docket, review the case, and have it refiled before the High Court to allow for what they describe as a full and expeditious trial.
“In view of the aforesaid, we have been duly instructed to petition your office to call for the docket, review and have the case filed at the High Court for the matter to go through a full trial in an expeditious manner,” the petition added.
Copies of the petition were forwarded to the Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Presiding Judge of the Adenta Circuit Court, the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department, the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, and Sarah Adwoa Safo herself.
By: Ekow Annan/newsalertgh.com
