A psychiatric report on Charles
Antwi, the man who stormed the President’s church with a gun has confirmed that
he is indeed mad.
Professor Joseph Bediako Asare of
Peace Be Consultancy and Clinic confirmed this in a report to the Bureau
of National Investigations (BNI) after examining him.
A copy of the letter cited by
Adomonline.com states that the person who was referred to the clinic by the BNI
to be examined "does not know that what he was doing was wrong due to his
altered mental state".
“This makes him dangerous and should
be treated by a Psychiatrist in a secure environment and under supervision,”
the report addressed to the BNI Director concluded.
Charles Antwi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for storming
the President’s church with a gun and threatening to assassinate President John
Dramani Mahama whom he accused of occupying a seat he deserved.
Since his incarceration, his family
members have claimed that he is mentally unstable hence called on the state to
temper justice with mercy.
And the family seems to have been
vindicated following the report received by the BNI on 10th August,
2015 confirming his mental state.
The report said further that
although Charles knew of his background and environment, he still harbored the
idea that he should be the President of Ghana.
“Charles was brought to me referred
by the IN-CHARGE of the BNI clinic at the request of the Director of BNI. I saw
him on the 3rd of August 2015 at Peace Be Clinic in the company of
Mr. David Fianko Sakyi, and two Security Officers. I also had the opportunity
of interviewing one of his brothers, Joseph Adjei who accommodated him at
Pokuasi for a few weeks prior to the accident.
“He was neatly dressed and he was
able to give an account of himself and events leading to his arrest. He
informed that he should be the President of Ghana and not the current President
and that since 2005; he felt that Ghana should abandon democratic form of
Government through voting as that had not helped the country. He harbored the
idea that he should be the President of Ghana and had worked towards that,
culminating in his arrest,” the report read.
Charles Antwi, the report continued,
‘denied any auditory and visual hallucinations.’
It is not clear whether that
confirmation of his true mental state informed the Attorney General to go to court to seek the reversal of the
Justice Francis Obiri verdict.
An Accra High Court adjourned the case challenging the verdict.
Below is the full report:
Source: Adomonline
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