[2011]DLHC7951 • March 29, 2011 • High Court
THE REPUBLIC vs. IDDRISU IDDI @ MBADUGU AND 13 OTHERS
The case concerns the 2002 factional fighting between the Andani and Abudu royal gates in Yendi, Northern Ghana, which led to the death of the Overlord of Dagbon, YaNa Yakubu Andani II. The accused, fifteen persons, were charged with conspiracy to murder the YaNa. The background includes the deskinment of YaNa Mohammadu Abdulai and enskinment of YaNa Yakubu Andani II, the imposition and lifting of curfews, and violent clashes culminating in the burning of the Gbewaa Palace and the death of the YaNa.
read moreRULING ON SUBMISSION OF NO CASE TO ANSWER MADE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE ACCUSED PERSONS Charges: In all the state has indicted fifteen (15) persons before the court. They face a charge of conspiracy to murder contrary to sections 23(1) and 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) as amended in count one. The particulars of the offence state that on or about 24th March 2002, at Yendi in the Northern Region of Ghana, the said accused did agree to act together with a common purpose to murder the Yakubu Andani II, the Yaa-Na. The seventh (7th) accused person Zakaria Yakubu @ Zakaria Forest alone is charged with the crime of murder of the Yaa-Na contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) as amended in count two. He is however at large and so he is not before the court to answer the charges against him. Background of the case There are two royal gates in Yendi in the Dagbon Traditional Area. They are the Andani and the Abudu gates. From 25th to 27th M...