Five ‘Western Togolanders’ remanded

Five members of the Western Togoland group have been remanded for treason felony by a Ho district Court.

This was after 11 members of the group were arrested following their decision to declare the Volta region independent of Ghana.

Those remanded are Peter Godfriend Edem, Mkpe Tornyi Kudjo, Kofi Agbeko, Agbenyega Akudzia and Ibrahim Tofa.

The suspects include the master of ceremony on the day the supposed independence was declared.

Reports say one of the suspects admitted before court that he belongs to their so-called Western Togoland.

They are to reappear in court on December 4, 2019.

The 80-year-old leader of the group Charles Komi Kudzordzi, popularly known as Papavi Hobedetor is on the run.

The group, Homeland Study Group Foundation, has been advocating the independence of former Western Togoland made up of Volta Region, Oti Region and parts of the North East Region, Northern Region and Upper East Region.

The region was a German colony but at the end of World War I, it was split in two and the Eastern side ceded to France and is present-day Togo.

The Homeland Study Group Foundation argues that the agreement to join Ghana included forming a union in 50 years.

Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh