The thirteen members of the Delta Force

The 13 members faced charges of a conspiracy to commit crime, assault on a public officer, causing unlawful damage.

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The 13 are Kojo Fosu Bamba aka Kojo Bamba, Awal Sadat Abubakar, Abubakar Sadiq Abuhammed, Jamil Issa, Hamza Mohammed, Salu Issahak, Akwasi Owusu, Kwabena Owusu, Kofi Kyei, Eggya Boadi, Salu Yussif, Yussif Salu and Kwaku Awortwe.

Background

Some members of Delta Force, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party, besieged the Kumasi Circuit Court and freed its members who were facing charges for attacking the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator.

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Reports suggest that the group nearly assaulted the Judge, Mary Senkyire and also destroyed some court properties.

Thirteen (13) members of the group were detained after the group assaulted the newly appointed Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei.

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Reports say only two police officers were on duty at the court at the time, with one of them being pregnant.

However, they managed to get the judge Mary Nsenkyire to safety, while Delta Force members vandalised property at the court.

Eight of those who aided in the escape were subsequently arrested by the police.