AG orders probe into release of 'Delta Force 8' suspects

The Attorney General's (AG) department is investigating circumstances under which a Principal State Attorney in Kumasi decided without recourse to advice from higher authority on a matter of high public interest to drop charges against persons arrested in connection with disturbances in a Kumasi Magistrate's court in April this year (2017).

The eight were said to have aided the escape of 13 of their members. 

A statement from the Information Ministry said preliminary investigations suggest that the decision was taken without recourse even to the Director of Public Prosecution and may amount to a breach of internal procedures on matters of this nature.

The statement said while the AG awaits the full results of this investigation, it will like to reiterate commitment to ensuring that the rule of law is applied at all times and persons found culpable of any breaches that bring the work and commitment of the department into disrepute will be sanctioned and the appropriate remedies adopted in the interest of the Republic.

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