Madina Court remands businessman over Ahmed Suale’s murder
The Madina District Court has remanded a 35-year-old businessman, Daniel Koranteng, also known as Nana Amakye, in connection with the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale.
Koranteng has been provisionally charged with murder, with committal proceedings expected to take place at the court. Prosecutors accuse him of unlawfully causing the journalist’s death on January 16, 2019.
He has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to reappear before the court on April 1, 2025.
Prosecution’s case
According to the prosecution, the petitioner, Ibrahim Kamir Tahidu, is a relative of the deceased, while the accused, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, is the Managing Director of ISPY Company.
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Both Ahmed Suale and the accused were employees of Tiger Eye P.I., the investigative firm led by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The prosecution stated that the accused had multiple interactions with the deceased and his family before Suale's death.
Court documents indicate that tensions escalated in June 2018 when Kennedy Agyapong, a Member of Parliament, broadcasted images of Ahmed Suale on Net2 TV, calling for retribution against the journalist.
The prosecution claims that Suale later identified Koranteng as the individual who provided his photographs to Mr Agyapong.
“On January 16, 2019, following the publication of the deceased’s images, Ahmed Suale was shot and killed in Madina.
“Call records placed the accused in Madina near Suale's residence before and at the time of the murder,” the prosecution said.
Flight and arrest
Further investigations revealed that the accused left Madina for his residence in Amasaman late in the evening at around 11:15 PM on the day of the murder.
“During the investigation, the accused declined multiple police invitations and later fled to the United Kingdom in August 2019.
“He subsequently returned to Ghana, and intelligence led to his arrest in Amasaman on March 15, 2025.
“He admitted knowing the deceased, visiting Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, and taking photographs with the deceased but denied selling the photographs to anyone,” the prosecution told the court.
The prosecution added that investigations are still ongoing.
