Transport operator granted GH¢50,000 bail for allegedly hiring men to threaten Ashanti GPRTU chairman

A transport operator has been granted bail by the Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi after being accused of allegedly hiring individuals to threaten the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) in connection with an ongoing dispute within the union. The accused, 55-year-old Hamisu Ibrahim, appeared before the court on a charge of abetment of crime threatening life, contrary to Sections 20(1) and 74 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

By Caleb Ahinakwah