The Koforidua High Court, presided over by Justice George Krofa Addae, has sentenced 53-year-old Musa Maliki, also known as Musa Bariki, to life imprisonment for the murders of three individuals, including his 12-year-old girlfriend, in Ayenasu, a village in the Eastern Region. After a fifteen-year trial, the court found Maliki guilty on three counts of murder. The Court said, "By the coming into force of the Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2003, the punishment for the offense of murder is life imprisonment in Count 1, life imprisonment on Count 2, and life imprisonment on Count 3, all to run concurrently." The case details reveal that both the convict, Musa Maliki alias Musa Bariki, and Issifu Musa in this case were herdsmen at Ayenasu village located along the Afram River bank near Sempoa. Deceased Rama Fati, aged 12, and Baliki Maliki, aged 18, were siblings, while Issifu Musa, aged 20, was their uncle. For months, the accused person, Musa Maliki, who was 38 years old then, had been making persistent romantic advances to the deceased, Fati Rama, requesting to marry her, but she declined.