The delay is due to the court awaiting directives from the Chief Justice regarding the empaneling of a seven-member jury.

Safina, also known as Safina Diamond, a student, has denied the charge of murder and is currently on bail.

The prosecution’s case states that on July 24, 2022, Frank Kofi Osei, a Ghanaian resident in Canada, visited Safina at her residence in Ashalley Botwe School Junction, where they spent the night.

Safina and her accomplices allegedly stabbed Osei and strangled him.

Afterward, they cleaned up the blood, left the body in the room for 24 hours, and later dragged it downstairs to the gate, where they placed it near his vehicle.

Safina then contacted the police, claiming that her boyfriend had died in her room.

When the police arrived, they found Osei’s body outside her house.

Safina was arrested and is undergoing investigations.

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The court at its last sitting slated February 27, 2024 for the empaneling of jurors.

The accused person who was given the option to select the seven-jury earlier on rejected three of them. The court then swore the seven-member jury in.

Safina aka Safina Diamond, a student, pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. She is on bail.

Soon after the empaneling of the jury, the court presided over by Mrs. Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, said the court was constrained with time hence adjourned the matter to March 7, 2024.

At the next sitting, the court would listen to the addresses of the prosecution led by Nana Ama Adinkra and defence counsel Samuel Alesu-Dordzi.

Again, the court will conduct Case Management Conference on March 7,2024.

The state is expected to call nine witnesses in the matter, including Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, who was standing trial as an accomplice at a District Court in Adenta but was later released based on the recommendation of the Attorney General.

On Sunday July 24, 2022, Frank Kofi Osei, who was on vacation in Ghana, visited Safina, at Ashaley Botwe School Junction in Accra and decided to spend the night with her.

The fact of the case indicated that at night Safina, Arku and other accomplices yet to be arrested, allegedly stabbed Osei with a knife and strangled him.

Safina and her accomplices allegedly cleaned Osei’s blood from the floor while the body was in the room for 24 hours.

The facts said Osei’s body was carried from the first floor of the story building down the staircase and dumped at the gate of the house where the deceased had parked his Toyota Tundra.

Safina allegedly called the Police, claiming that her boyfriend, who visited her had died in her room. When the Police got there, they found Osei’s body at the gate of Safina’s house. Safina was arrested by the Police.

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According to Chief Inspector Jacob Nyarko, the Police were yet to receive the full autopsy report on murdered Frank Kofi Osei, the Ghanaian domiciled in Canada.  

He, therefore, prayed the Adenta District Court to give the prosecution some time to get all the necessary documents and reports to build the duplicate docket and forward same to the Office of the Attorney General for advice. 

The court adjourned the matter to November 11. 

 Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student, and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, the two accused persons, are in lawful custody over the murder of Osei at Ashalley Botwe School Junction, in Accra.  

 Osei, a Ghanaian domiciled in Canada, was in the country for a vacation when he was allegedly murdered last month. 

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Safina, also known as Safina Diamond on social media, and Arku, are said to have stabbed Osei several times on his chin, jaw, back and strangled him.  

Charged with conspiracy and murder, the two accused in the company of their respective lawyers, had their pleas reserved.  

 Narrating the facts, the prosecution led by Chief Inspector Jacob Nyarko said Safina was a 23-year-old Level 100 student of the University of Ghana, and Arku, a Technical Officer of the Crop Research Institute, Kumasi.  

The prosecution said Osei, now deceased, was a Ghanaian domiciled in Canada, who was in Ghana on vacation. 

It said on July 24, this year, Osei visited Safina, his fiancé, who resided at Ashalley Botwe School Junction, Accra, and decided to pass the night there. 

According to the prosecution, the accused later allegedly dragged the deceased from the first floor of the storey building through the staircase and dumped him at the gate of the house near where the deceased had parked his Toyota Tundra and washed the blood stains off the staircase.  

The prosecution said Safina called a police officer and said her boyfriend visited her and had died in her room. 

 The court heard that the police called members of the Police Patrol Team, which rushed to the scene and found the body of Osei lying at the gate of Safina’s house, but (they) Safina and Arku were nowhere to be found.  

The prosecution said the police traced Safina to Ashalley Botwe School Junction and nabbed her.  

It said Arku after allegedly committing the act, absconded to Kumasi, adding that efforts were underway to apprehend other accomplices on the run.