Farmer arraigned for threatening pastor after 'stealing' 13 bags of rice

The prosecution said the complainant in October 2023 allocated a portion of the family land he farmed on to a witness in the town called Kadiya Halidu to cultivate rice for them to share.

The Court heard that the witness did cultivate the rice, harvested the paddy rice after the cultivation and packed same into sacks.

Chief Inspector Amartey said the complainant on January 19, 2024, at about 1100 hours, went to the farm to take his share of the paddy rice only for the accused to arrive at the farm to prevent complainant from taking his share of the paddy rice.

The complainant called in a tricycle rider to come and convey the sacks of the paddy rice for him, but he was prevented by the accused from doing so and in the process, he used a cutlass he was armed with to tear the sack and the rice poured.

The prosecution said the accused then dared the complainant that he would kill him if he tried conveying the sacks of paddy rice away.

The accused then conveyed the thirteen (13) sacks of the paddy rice away to an unknown location, the Court was told.

Chief Inspector Amartey said that led to the arrest of Seidu and in his cautioned statement he denied causing damage to the paddy rice and threat of death charges but admitted conveying the sacks of the paddy rice.