Madina District Court remands suspect in Ahmed Suale’s murder

The Madina District Court has remanded in police custody, the 35-year-old businessman arrested in connection with the murder of investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein Divela Suale. 

Daniel Koranteng, aka Nana Amakye, has been provisionally charged with murder at the court where committal proceedings are expected to take place.

The prosecutors are accusing him of causing the death of the investigative journalist on January 16, 2019, by unlawful harm.  

Request for bail

Counsel for the accused, Kofi Essel, prayed the court to grant his client bail, saying the case lacked substantial proof to justify the charge. However, the court declined since it did not have jurisdiction to grant the accused hearing.

Before adjourning the matter to April 1, 2025, the court, presided over by Suzzy Nyakotey, asked the prosecution whether the sale of photographs alone could provide sufficient grounds to charge someone with murder.

The prosecutors said investigations were still ongoing. 

Prosecution’s facts

Per the facts of the case, the petitioner, Ibrahim Kamir Tahidu, is a relative of the deceased, Ahmed Hussein Suale, while the accused, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, is the managing director of ISPY Company.

The prosecution stated that both Ahmed Suale and the accused were employees of Tiger Eye company, led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

The accused, the prosecution also said, had multiple interactions with the deceased and his family before his death.

Per the charge sheet, tensions escalated in June 2018 when Kennedy Agyapong broadcasted images of Ahmed Suale on Net2 TV, calling for retribution against the investigative journalist.

It added that the deceased, Ahmed Suale, later identified the accused as the person who provided Mr Agyapong with his photographs.

“On January 16, 2019, following the publication of the deceased's images, Ahmed Suale was shot and killed at Madina.

“Call records placed the accused at Madina near Suale's residence before and at the time of the murder,” the prosecution said. 

Travel

It added that further analysis showed that later that same day, the accused travelled from Madina to his residence at Amasaman late in the evening at about 23:15 hours, after the murder.

“During the investigation, the accused declined multiple police invitations and later fled to the United Kingdom somewhere in August 2019.

“The accused later returned to Ghana and intelligence led to his arrest at Amasaman on March 15, 2025.

“He admitted knowing the deceased, visiting Kennedy Agyapong and having taken photographs with the deceased, but denied selling the photographs to anyone,” the prosecution told the court, adding that investigations are still ongoing.