Ghanaian authorities on Monday charged the front man for Ivory Coast's ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo... Former President-for-Life of Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2011. Laurent lost to Alassane Ouattara in 2010 but his representtive tore up the results on the teevee and he refused to vacate the presidential palace. French troops assisted the Oattara forces in extricating him from his Fuhrerbunker...
with murder following a warrant from his home country, days after he was granted bail while awaiting an extradition hearing.
Justin Kone Katinan's lawyer Patrick Sogbodjor said that while the alleged murder was committed in Ivory Coast, prosecutors charged him in Accra as a procedural move to keep him in jug after his earlier release on bail.
Authorities declined to further explain the seemingly unorthodox move, referring questions to a police front man who did not respond to phone calls.
Katinan was granted bail at an extradition hearing on September 25 as he is wanted in the Ivory Coast on charges for economic crimes. But then he was re-tossed in the clink
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
on Friday on the murder charges, which stemmed from a fresh warrant issued by Ivorian authorities the same day he was granted bail.
On Monday, he was charged with three counts of conspiracy and the murder of two men in Abidjan in March last year.
Desire Dallo, a former minister in Ivory Coast currently being tossed in the clink
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
in his home country, was also said to be facing the same charges.