The 36-year-old man, Charles Antwi, who was arrested for attempting to assassinate Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, has been cured of his mental derangement.

Chief Psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital Dr Akwasi Osei, has confirmed that Charles Antwi is now mentally stable and no more poses any threat to the society.

“We’ve conducted an assessment on him and we can confirm he is healed. Since it was the court that referred him to us for treatment, in the next one month or so, the hospital will write to inform the court of the current health status of Mr Charles Antwi. We can certify that he is no more a threat to society as he used to be,” Dr Akwasi Osei said in an interview with Kasapa FM.

Charles Antwi was handed a ten year jail sentence following his arrest at the Ringway Assemblies of God Church in Accra on July 26.

It took the intervention of a human rights legal counselor, Francis Sosu, who challenged the 10-year jail term that was given to him, citing that Charles needed a psychiatric assessment.

On August 31, Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court referred Charles Antwi to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital—after the second judge on the case pronounced that Justice Obiri Yeboah who earlier sat on the case got things wrong.

We are yet to establish whether the court will free him or the case will be revisited for subsequent prosecution.