According to reports, Nana Brago III, the chief of Twifo Anyinasi, a suburb of the Central Region, and his queen were detained for allegedly stealing pieces of a railway line that passes through their community. The chief, the queen mother, and at least three other individuals were detected cutting the rails of the railway lines in order to transfer them, according to UTV, which led to the arrest.
On Monday, March 20, 2023, the two royals and three of their detained accomplices appeared before the Assin Fosu Magistrate Court for arraignment. The chief and the queen mother allegedly informed the court that they had licenses from the Railway Authority to sell the rails they had been found slicing. Yet, they neglected to show the court the supposed permit they possessed.
After hearing the royals’ argument, the case’s presiding judge, His Worship Abdul Majid Iddrissu, granted the accused people bail in the amount of GHC 50,000 with two sureties apiece. UTV added that data it has acquired suggests that some of the railway lines that pass through the neighborhood have been sold to private parties.
