The High Court in Accra has acquitted and discharged Warrant Officer Class 1 Samuel Yao Fiagbedzi and one Richard Adri, alias Mumuni, of all charges linking them to the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) and the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF).
Presiding judge Justice Marie-Louise Simmons ruled that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence of their alleged membership in the prohibited groups.
Fiagbedzi's presence in a WhatsApp group was deemed inadequate to prove involvement, while Adri's receipt of a T-shirt from the group's founder lacked follow-up actions to indicate support.
Meanwhile, four others-Ernest Dzitor, Prosper Avumenyi, Benjamin Kplevi, and Isaac Kwasi Afeku-have been directed to open their defence.
