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The High Court in Accra has discharged Gregory Afoko and Asabke in the long-running Adams Mahama murder case, ending a trial that spanned nearly eleven years.
The two had faced multiple trials for conspiracy to commit murder following the death of Adams Mahama, former Upper East Regional chairman of the NPP, who was attacked with a substance suspected to be acid on May 20, 2015. Mahama died from extensive burns while being airlifted to Accra for treatment. His wife also sustained burns while trying to assist him.
Justice Marie-Louise Simmons cited repeated adjournments at the prosecution’s behest and the stalled trial as the basis for discharging the accused. The court also dissolved the jurors who had been empanelled for the proceedings.
Afoko, who had been on remand for almost a decade, had previously been granted bail in February 2025. This case involved a series of legal complications, including a hung jury in a prior trial and multiple restarts of the proceedings.
The brief facts indicate that Gregory Afoko and Asabke allegedly ambushed Mahama at his residence, pouring the suspected acid on him and fleeing on a motorbike. The accused had also formed youth groups in the period leading up to the attack, according to prosecution claims.
With the discharge, both Gregory Afoko and Asabke are no longer facing trial in the matter, effectively concluding one of Ghana’s longest-running criminal cases.
