A 35-year-old businessman, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, has been remanded into lawful custody by the Madina District Court in connection with the 2019 murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale.
Koranteng is to remain in custody until April 1, 2025.
Koranteng was arrested on March 15, 2025, six years after Suale’s death for allegedly selling the journalist’s photographs to Kennedy Agyapong. These photographs were subsequently made public, a move many believe led to Suale’s tragic death.
In court on Wednesday, March 19, Police Prosecutor Chief Inspector Nana Afiabamfoa Bamfo requested that Koranteng be remanded as investigations were ongoing.
According to the prosecutor, the accused admitted to selling Suale’s photographs to Agyapong.
However, Defense Counsel Kofi Essel argued for bail, stating that Koranteng had persons of sufficient means to stand as sureties.
Presiding Magistrate, Her Worship Susanna Nyarkotey, questioned the direct link between selling the photographs and the murder charge, to which the prosecutor responded that the charge sheet could be amended as investigations progress.
Koranteng is currently facing a provisional charge of murder, but his plea has not yet been taken.
Brief facts
According to the brief facts presented by Chief Inspector Bamfo, the Petitioner Ibrahim Kamiru Tahidu is a relative of the deceased, Ahmed Hussein Suale.
While the accused, Daniel Owusu Koranteng alias Amakye is the managing director of ISPY Company.
Chief Inspt. Bamfo said, both Ahmed Suale and the accused were employees of Tiger Eye Company, led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The Prosecutor at that, the accused had multiple interactions with the deceased (Ahmed Suale) and his family before his death.
It was her case that, “tensions escalated in June 2018 when Hon. Kennedy Agyapong broadcasted images of Ahmed Suale on Net TV, calling for retribution against the investigative journalist.”
Chief Inspt. Bamfo said, the deceased Ahmed Suale later identified the accused as the person who provided Hon. Agyapong with his photographs.
She said, that on January 16, 2019, following the publication of the deceased’s images, he (Ahmed Suale) was shot and killed in Madina.
She explained that, call records placed the accused in Madina near Suale’s residence before and at the time of the murder.
The Prosecutor told the Court that, further analysis showed that later that same day, “the accused traveled from Madina to his residence in Amasaman late in the evening at about 2315 hours, after the murder.”
She said, “During the investigation, the accused declined multiple police invitations and later fled to the United Kingdom somewhere in August 2019.”
Chief Inspt. Bamfo said, the Accused later returned to Ghana and intelligence led to his arrest in Amasaman on March 15, 2025.
She said, the accused admitted knowing the deceased, visiting Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, and having taken photographs with the deceased but denied selling the photographs to anyone.
The Prosecutor said Police investigation is ongoing to identify other suspects in the case.
