FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani
ONE Of seven suspects facing trial at Tuobodom District Court over the murder of a level three hundred Basic Education student, Hannah Akosua Frimpongmaa has said the prime suspect in the case, Collins Ameyaw have been lying to police investigating the case.
The witness, Mohammed Suleman, a phone dealer (repairer) and a suspect in the case told this reporter Collins Ameyaw who resides both at Wenchi and Techiman was the one who brought Hannah’s phone (Samsung) to his shop to sell for him.
According to Mohammed, he is a phone dealer who sells, buys, repairs, and unlocks phones. ‘We also advertise phones online for prospective buyers. When you bring your phone and we are unable to buy it immediately and give you money, the owner can live the phone with us for us to advertise online for others to express interest. In this case, this is what we did for Collins.
Collins personally brought the phone to me (being the master) one early morning at about 8-9am on June 28, 2024, to buy.
But, because I did not have money I took the phone, advertise it online and somebody else came for it and sold it to another person and later gave Collins part payment through. He later went for the rest of the money from the guy who sold the phone.
He said after the above transaction he did not hear nor sets eyes on Collins again until he was arrested with two of his boys by police in connection with the phone.
Mohammed explained further that apart from direct voice communication with Collins, they both chat on WhatsApp.
So I was surprised Collins telling investigators he does not know me from Adam and that he was not the one who brought me the phone to sell.
This is palpable false because it was Collins Ameyaw who brought me the phone to sell.
Police have so far confirmed to me the same CIM Collins communicated with the late Hannah is the same CIM he communicated with me yet he denied ever bringing me the phone to sell or ever knowing me.
Asked whether they are friends, the witnessed replied Collins is a friend to a friend of his through whom he got to know Collins
Meanwhile, about seven to nine suspects including Mohammed Suleman, Edward Allhason, Fosuhene Isaac, Benjamin Wiafe, Collins Ameyaw (the prime Suspect), and a Nigerian phone dealer and another whose names are not readily available to this reporter are facing prosecution at the Tuobodom District Court on various charges presided over by his Worship Frimpong Manso.
One of them is, however, serving five months remand for violating his bail conditions.
Collins is said to live with his mother in Techiman while the father lives at Wenchi. But any time he commits crime in Techiman he runs to go and hide at Wenchi.
It must be recalled that Collins Ameyaw was the first suspect to be arrested at Wenchi by police after news broke out about the murder of the teacher trainee.
The suspects last appeared in court on May 20, 2025 presided over by his Worship Frimpong Manso and they are to re- appear on June 20, 2025.
Police sources say the case has been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for advice.
Meanwhile, father of the late teacher trainee Kwadwo Amoah is pleading with the authorities for speedy trial to give her daughter justice. According to him the process is slow making him feel the daughter might not get justice.
‘When the case is called, witnesses only appear in the witness box briefly and it is adjourned for another date without going into the merits of the case.
This makes me feel it is intentional to delay the case for its to lose value, so suspects are left off the hook. He therefore appealed to the AG to give timely advise for the court to give verdicts.
It must be recalled that Hannah Akosua Frimpongmaa, 21, a level three hundred Basic Education students of Atebubu College of Education were murdered in cold blood in June 2024 after she left home at Ofuman to go to school after school re-opened.
Hannah upon reaching campus released she had lost her smart phone and when she dialed the number a respondent at the other end asked her to come for it at Techiman to which she went and met her untimely death.