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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>A Cape Coast Circuit Court has found the former Central Region Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood, innocent of the incest, defilement and abetment allegations levelled against him by his wife.<\/b><\/p>\n

A DNA test result has proven that Mr Dawood is not the biological father of Rita Akos Arhin.<\/p>\n

In 2022, a case of incest, among other charges, was brought against the NDC regional executive by his wife, Mavis Abena Agyei was Ayettey Arhin.<\/p>\n

She accused him of forcing their supposed daughter to abort several times.<\/p>\n

But the court after hearing the case for over two years said \u201cat the close of prosecution, learned counsels for the accused persons raised submission of no case per Section 173 of Act 30\/60\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey filed their submissions and after considering them with the evidence so far led, the submission of no case is upheld.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, they are acquitted and discharged.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is unclear if Mr Kwesi Dawood will be reinstated as the NDC regional executive.<\/p>\n

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