Madina court discharges key suspect in Ahmed Suale case

A Madina District Court has discharged Daniel Owusu Koranteng, who was standing trial in connection with the 2019 killing of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. The move comes after the Attorney General’s Office directed that the prosecution be halted.

Ahmed Suale, a key investigator with Tiger Eye P.I., was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in January 2019 while driving through Madina. His death, which followed a series of undercover exposés, drew international condemnation and renewed calls for the protection of journalists in Ghana.

At Tuesday’s court sitting, held on October 14, 2025, the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Nana Afua Bamfoa Bamfo, announced that the Attorney General had advised against pursuing the case any further.

The presiding judge subsequently struck out the case and freed the accused, who had faced counts of murder and abetment of murder.

The discontinuation of the case has stirred public unease and reopened debate about the slow pace of justice in one of Ghana’s most notorious unsolved killings.

Six years after Suale’s death, no individual has been convicted or held accountable, despite numerous investigations and arrests over the years.

Human rights advocates and press freedom groups say the latest development signals a worrying lack of prosecutorial progress, undermining confidence in the justice system.

Observers argue that unless decisive action is taken, the killing of Ahmed Suale risks being remembered as another cold case, eroding public trust in Ghana’s commitment to protecting journalists and upholding the rule of law.