NAYELE Ametefe, aka Ruby Adu-Gyamf, the Ghanaian lady at the centre of the cocaine scandal is expected to appear before a court in London on Thursday (today) for first time since her arrest by UK officials at Heathrow Airport.
She will appear before the Isleworth Crown Court situated at 36 Ridgeway Road for the first time since she was spotted with the 12.5 killograms of cocaine by UK boarder officials.
According to sources, the brief hearing will take her plea to a charge of trafficking and illegally possessing 12.5kg of cocaine.
She may plead guilty to the charges when her case, with ID number T20141080 Ametefe, is called at the UK court.
Early this week, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh, said Ms Ametefe was resigned to serving a jail term following her interaction with officials of the Ghana High Commission in London.
Hence a guilty plea will confirm what she is reported to have told the consulate officials.
However, a not guilty plea will further complicate matters with potential implications for the Attorney General’s efforts to prosecute several Ghanaians arrested in Accra and charged with aiding and abetting the trafficking of narcotics — charges linked to Ms Ametefe’s bust.
So far 12 suspects have been arrested by the Bureau of National Investigations in connection with the cocaine bust.
Ms Ametefe has been locked behind bars since her arrest at the Heathrow International Airport two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament has demanded full-scale investigation into how Ms Ametefe managed to avoid detection at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra.
African Eye News.com
