An Accra District Court has discharged the founder of International God’s Way Church Daniel Obinim, and Kwabena Okyere who were facing charges of alleged forgery.
This was after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard Amoah told the court presided over by Rosemond Agyiri that they wish to withdraw the charges leveled against the accused persons.
Louis Yiadom Boakye who held brief for Counsel Dela Blagogee told the court that the defense had, from the very beginning maintained that Bishop Obinim was innocent, and if the prosecution saw it fit to withdraw the case, they are not opposed to it.
The court subsequently struck out the case as withdrawn and discharged the accused persons. Bishop Obinim and Kwabena Okyere were separately put before a Kaneshie District Court and charged with publication of false news and forgery of document.
The accused persons are alleged to have forged and published a police wanted form for the arrest of one Isaac Opoku, a resident of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Bishop Obinim allegedly forged and published a Police Persons Wanted Form against a man in Kumasi without official endorsement.
The said form bearing the details of the supposed fugitive called Isaac Opoku, according to court documents, was circulated on social media of certain individuals who are linked to Obinimincluding Mr. Okyere.
The alleged forgery of police documents by Bishop Obinim, according to the prosecution, resulted from some 51,280 cedis he reportedly deposited in Isaac Opoku’s bank account.
