The incident occurred on Thursday evening at about 6:20 PM in Adansi Ansah, where four masked men armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the facility. In addition to the money, the robbers seized mobile phones and other valuables.
During the robbery, they fired at a GMC Terrain 2 vehicle with registration number GS 9576-22, which belongs to the District Officer. Despite the gunfire, the depot manager, who was driving the vehicle at the time, managed to escape unharmed.
Police were quickly notified of the incident, but the suspects fled into a nearby forest before they could be apprehended.
A joint task force from the New Edubiasi and Adansi Fomena police units has launched a manhunt, focusing on surrounding communities where the suspects are believed to be hiding.
Authorities are appealing to the public for any information that could lead to the arrest of the culprits.
Fear gripped upscale neighbourhoods in Accra as a series of armed robberies swept through, leaving residents traumatised and authorities on high alert.
Prominent individuals, including Matilda Yaaba Amissah-Arthur, the late Vice President of Ghana’s wife, were among those targeted.
Yahuza Osumanu, a self-proclaimed businessman from Pokuase-ACP, allegedly carried out a string of residential robberies between the second quarter of 2023 and December 2023, terrorising residents in affluent areas like Airport, Cantonments, Tesano, and Ridge.
According to police prosecutors, Osumanu’s method involved forcefully entering victims’ homes, brandishing firearms, and coercing them into surrendering valuables under the threat of violence.
On December 5, 2023, Matilda Yaaba Amissah-Arthur became a victim of Osumanu’s bold attack when he allegedly entered her residence wielding a gun and issuing threats. Mrs. Amissah-Arthur endured a harrowing ordeal as the assailant ransacked her home, making off with valuable possessions.
“On December 5, 2023 at about 4:00 a.m., the Tesano Police Division received information to the effect that the complainant, Madam Matilda Yaaba Amissah-Arthur, had been robbed.
“On receipt of the complaint, a team of police personnel was dispatched to the crime scene but on their arrival, the accused person had fled. The complainant told the police that the accused person was wielding a gun and he threatened to kill her if she did not comply with his instructions.
“She placed a call to the police guard on duty at her residence and asked him to look out for the accused. The guard spotted the accused person in the compound while he was trying to escape with the safe. He gave the accused a chase but the accused abandoned the safe and managed to escape,” a police fact sheet presented to a court in Accra stated.
The robberies were not isolated incidents. Augustine Kwesi Okere reported to theAirport Police on September 17, 2023, that he had been robbed at gunpoint in his residence, losing two Rolex wristwatches and a significant sum of cash.
Similar incidents occurred on December 4 and 5, 2023, involving Daniel Kwame Osafo and Tracy Osei-Hyeaman, who were also victimized by armed attacks. The accused stole expensive jewellery, electronics, and cash after threatening them with firearms.
On December 11, 2023, Margaret Alice Shaw’s home was invaded, and Osumanu allegedly looted valuable items, including a Rolex watch and jewellery, before fleeing.
During their investigations, the police obtained crucial evidence, including CCTV footage linking Osumanu to the crime scenes. He was identified as the prime suspect, known for his involvement in a series of residential robberies in affluent neighbourhoods.
“On the 12th of December 2023, the police gathered information that the accused person, Yahuza Osuman was the one robbing inhabitants of Accra and that he was at Dome Pillar 2.
“On the 13th of December 2023, the police, acting on a search warrant, proceeded to House No. DNC 34, Dome Pillar 2, which was the hideout of the accused, but they met his absence. They proceeded to Tantra Hill and arrested John Dela Sarbah, the shopkeeper of the accused.
“He led the police to a two-bedroom apartment where the accused person lived with his family but when they arrived there the accused person had escaped. The police opened the apartment forcefully and a search conducted revealed three power motorbikes, a toy gun, assorted jewellery, some electronic devices, a jackknife, one unregistered Toyota Prado vehicle, one unregistered Lexus vehicle and three other motorbikes which were retrieved from the house,” police prosecutors said.
Following a widespread manhunt, Osumanu was apprehended on December 15, 2023, in Kasoa. He was found seated in a vehicle and promptly arrested for interrogation.
“Onthe 15th of December 2023, the police received information that the accused person was hiding at Kasoa. The police proceeded to Kasoa and met the accused person seated in the front passenger seat of a grey Honda CRV vehicle. The police team stopped the vehicle, arrested him and took him to the CID headquarters to assist in investigation,” the prosecution noted.
The robberies were not isolated incidents. Augustine Kwesi Okere reported to the Airport Police on September 17, 2023, that he had been robbed at gunpoint in his residence, losing two Rolex wristwatches and a significant sum of cash.
Similar incidents occurred on December 4 and 5, 2023, involving Daniel Kwame Osafo and Tracy Osei-Hyeaman, who were also victimized by armed attacks. The accused stole expensive jewellery, electronics, and cash after threatening them with firearms.
On December 11, 2023, Margaret Alice Shaw’s home was invaded, and Osumanu allegedly looted valuable items, including a Rolex watch and jewellery, before fleeing.
During their investigations, the police obtained crucial evidence, including CCTV footage linking Osumanu to the crime scenes. He was identified as the prime suspect, known for his involvement in a series of residential robberies in affluent neighbourhoods.
Read the prosecution’s full report below:
Augustine Kwesi Okere is a businessman residing at Kacela Courts Apartments at Airport Residential Area, Accra.
Complainants Daniel Kwame Osafo and Tracy Osei-Hyeaman are husband and wife residing at Zollink Apartments in Cantonments, Accra, Complainant Matilda Yaaba Amissah Arthur was the wife of the late Vice President of the Republic of Ghana residing at Tesano, Accra and complainant, Margaret Alice Shaw is a 76-year-old woman residing at Alexander Nest, Ridge, Accra.
The accused person Yahuza Osumanu is a self-acclaimed businessman residing at Pokuase-ACP.
Between the second quarter of the year, 2023 and December 2023, the Police CID received several complaints of residential robberies perpetuated by a single armed man around Airport, Cantonments, Tesano and Ridge.
On the 17th of September, 2023, complainant, Augustine Okere reported to the Airport Police that at about 2:30am that morning, his residence at Kaecla Court Apartments, Airport Residential Area was robbed. On receipt of the complaint, a team of police personnel from the Airport Police Division was dispatched to the crime scene.
The complainant told the police that the accused person, entered his room, pointed a pistol at him and demanded money and other valuables. He was robbed of two (2) Rolex wrist watches valued at $38,000.00 USD and $23,000.00 USD and cash in the sum of GHC2,000.00 and £3,500.00.
On the 19th of September, 2023, the owner of the Kaeela Courts Apartments Dr. Abu Sakara Foster furnished the police with a pen drive which contained a CCTV footage of the accused person.
On the 4th of December, 2023, the police received a distress call from the complainants Daniel Kwame Osafo and Tracy Osei-Hyeaman to the effect that they had been robbed.
On receipt of the complaint, a team of police personnel was dispatched to the crime scene but on their arrival, the accused person had fled. They told the police that the accused person pointed a pistol at them whiles demanding money and other valuables and succeeded in robbing them of a Cartier wrist watch valued at Nine Thousand United States Dollars ($9,000.00USD), an iPhone Pro Max valued at One Thousand United States Dollars ($1,000.00USD), a Cartier black pen valued at Five Hundred United States Dollars ($500.00USD) and a gold chain valued at Five Thousand United States Dollars, ($5,000.00USD) all belonging to Daniel Kwame Osafo.
The accused person also made away with jewelries valued at Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($50,000.00USD) and a Cartier wristwatch valued at Ten Thousand United States Dollars ($10,000.00USD) belonging to Tracy Osei-Hyeaman.
The CCTV footages at the premises were obtained and reviewed. On 5th of December 2023 at about 4:00am the Tesano Police Division received information to the effect that the complainant Madam Matilda Yaaba Amissah Arthur had been robbed.
On receipt of the complaint, a team of police personnel was dispatched to the crime scene but on their arrival, the accused person had fled. The complainant told the police that the accused person was wielding a gun and he threatened to kill her if she did not comply with his instructions.
She placed a call to the police guard on duty at her residence and asked him to look out for the accused. The guard spotted the accused person in the compound while he was trying to escape with the safe. He gave the accused a chase but the accused abandoned the safe and managed to escape.
On the 8th of December 2023, the police obtained CCTV footages from the crime scene and reviewed same. The accused person was identified in the CCTV footage as Yahuza Osumanu, who had been on the police radar for his involvement in series of residential robberies at Cantonments, Airport Residential Area, Ridge and Tesano.
On the 11th of December, 2023, the Papa 51 police patrol team received information about a robbery incident at Ridge. On receipt of the information, the patrol team proceeded to the crime scene. When they arrived at the scene, they met the complainant Margaret Alice Shaw who informed them that she was lying on her bed when the accused person entered her room, pointed a gun at her and instructed her to hand over all her money and valuables to him.
She told the police that the accused person ransacked her room and made away with a Rolex watch valued at Seventy Thousand United States Dollars ($70,000.00USD), a Panerai watch valued at Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars ($15,000.00USD) belonging to her son-in- law, David Adjaye, jewelleries valued at Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars ($15,000.00USD) belonging to her daughter Asheley Shaw Scott and cash in the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHC1,500.00).
An initial assessment by the police revealed that the accused person gained ingress into the house through the victim’s window in the kitchen which was not properly locked. The police took photographs of the crime scene. That same day, the police returned to the crime scene with Crime Scene Management Experts. They processed the scene, reviewed the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) at the premises and obtained copies of the CCTV footage.
On the 12th of December 2023, the police gathered information that the accused person Yahuza Osuman was the one robbing inhabitants of Accra and that he was at Dome Pillar 2.
On the 13th of December 2023, the police acting on a search warrant proceeded to House No. DNC 34, Dome Pillar 2, which was the hideout of the accused, but they met his absence. They proceeded to Tantra Hill and arrested one John Dela Sarbah, the shop keeper of the accused person.
He led the police to a two-bedroom apartment where the accused person lived with his family but when they arrived there the accused person had escaped. The police opened the apartment forcefully and a search conducted revealed three power motorbikes, toy-gun, assorted jewelleries, some electronic devices, a jack knife, one unregistered Toyota Prado vehicle, one unregistered Lexus vehicle and three other motorbikes which were retrieved from the house.
On the 15th of December 2023 the police received information that the accused person was hiding at Kasoa. The police proceeded to Kasoa and met the accused person seated in the front passenger seat of a grey Honda CRV vehicle. The police team stopped the vehicle, arrested him and took him to the CID headquarters to assist in investigation.
During interrogation, the accused person admitted robbing the complainants. He told the police that he went on the robbery operations with a toy gun to prevent any resistance from the complainants. He identified himself in all the CCTV footages from the various scenes. He also led the police to the various crime scenes and demonstrated to the police how he gained ingress into the various houses to rob the complainants.
Investigations have revealed that the accused has over the period acquired a number of properties through the unlawful activities of robbery.
A frightening incident occurred on the Kumasi-Accra highway as passengers aboard a 2M Express bus narrowly evaded a robbery attempt.
Despite the chaos, the passengers and driver emerged unharmed, largely due to the calm demeanor of one mysterious passenger.
Netizens described how this particular passenger remained absorbed in a phone call throughout the journey, seemingly oblivious to the unfolding danger.
Even as the robbery escalated, with gunshots ringing out, he maintained his composure and continued his conversation without missing a beat, per the video in circulation.
However, what startled those around him was his bizarre attempt to open the bus door during the robbery. His actions left everyone puzzled, raising questions about his priorities and state of mind in such a terrifying situation.
Watch footage of how a 2M Express bus driver and passengers narrowly escaped an armed robber's attack on the Kumasi-Accra highway late at night.
There was this particular man in the bus who was on the phone throughout, even after the robbers fired gunshots and attempted to open… pic.twitter.com/tf9GnyANfo
A group of about15 armed robbers has allegedlyattacked the premises of Jia Xin Industrial Mining Company in Akyem Akokoaso, within the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency of the Eastern Region.
According to reports, five Chinese nationals were shot, with three currently in critical condition following the incident.
The perpetrators forced their way into the mining site during a social gathering at night, robbing victims of their belongings and bolting with about Ghc10,000 in cash along with two gold bars.
Tragically, one of the victims suffered a gunshot wound in a particularly sensitive area.
Appearing to be a well-planned and diligently executed attack, the robbers took deliberate steps to disable the site’s CCTV cameras by seizing their decoders.
“15 people executed the mission, tough guys. They didn’t pass through the Akokoaso Kade road. They took along the decoders for the CCTV cameras. They didn’t target other civilians. The company is licenced to do deep mining prospecting in the Akokoaso old shaft but is taking undue advantage to mine to that extent,” a witness mentioned during a media engagement.
Meanwhile, victims are currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.
This event has brought to light longstanding tensions between the mining company and the local community.
Over the years, residents have voiced grievances against Jia Xin Industrial, accusing them of engaging in illegal mining practices.
Concerns stem particularly from the company’s lack of proper licencing for extensive underground mining, which has reportedly had adverse effects on the area.
In 2018, Jia Xin Industrial inherited the prospecting licence from Ofosua Mining and Construction Company, a move approved by then-Minister John Peter Amewu.
However, recent confrontations between the company and local youth have intensified. Just three weeks prior to the robbery, 16 individuals from Akokoaso were arrested for illegal mining activities on the company’s concession, allegedly under the direction of Chinese authorities.
It’s worth noting that the mining company has been a frequent target of robbery attacks in recent times.
A suspected armed robber identified as Baba Mohammed was found dead with multiple bullet wounds in the Kasoa High Tension area of the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region.
The incident occurred on Thursday, February 8, 2025, at dawn.
According to reports gathered by Kasapa News, the deceased’s body was discovered dumped by an unidentified taxi cab.
Residents of the area, upon waking up, were shocked to find the lifeless body, prompting speculation that Baba Mohammed may have been involved in armed robbery activities and was shot during an attempted robbery.
Following the discovery, police officers from the Kasoa Divisional Police Command swiftly responded and rushed the victim to the Kasoa Polyclinic for medical attention.
However, Baba Mohammed was pronounced dead upon arrival at the medical facility.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, and authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The body of the deceased has been transferred to the mortuary pending further inquiries by law enforcement.
The incident has stirred concerns among residents of Kasoa, highlighting the prevalence of crime in the area and the need for heightened security measures.
As investigations continue, the community awaits answers regarding the events leading to the untimely demise of Baba Mohammed.
In December 2023, the residence of the former Second Lady of Ghana, Matilda Amissah-Arthur, reportedly witnessed a troubling incident.
Despite the considerable police presence, an armed robber managed to breach security measures.
Under the cover of night, a masked and armed assailant infiltrated the Tesano house in Accra.
Mrs. Amissah-Arthur, widow of the late ex-Vice President Kwasi Amissah-Arthur, was confronted by the lone robber, who seized her neck and demanded money and jewelry.
In response to the threat, the former Second Lady handed over an estimated US$3000 to the assailant, who promptly fled the scene, allowing her to secure her freedom.
The apprehended perpetrator is currently in police custody, although the Ghana Police Service has maintained silence on the matter, leaving the nature of the security breach in question.
Sources from the Police Headquarters disclose that the arrested individual has faced the scrutiny of the top hierarchy of the police service. Notably, the victim’s identity, Matilda Amissah-Arthur, was obscured in official communications, with references to her as “Mrs. Atta.”
Despite the arrest, the case is being deliberately kept low-profile, triggering speculation, especially considering the extensive security network surrounding the residence.
Queries arise regarding how the armed robber, suspected to have an accomplice, successfully infiltrated the former Second Lady’s house.
Upon further investigation, it was revealed that Matilda Amissah-Arthur had temporarily vacated her residence for medical reasons. Security sources suggest that the escalating insecurity in the country is affecting even the elite, whose homes boast advanced security measures.
The Ghana Police Service’s decision to maintain silence on the matter raises suspicions given the circumstances. Family sources are urgently calling on the Ghana Police Service, the National Security Agency, and the Ministry of Interior to provide an update on the unfortunate incident.
Upon closer examination, it became apparent that the same modus operandi had been employed in some other high-profile officials’ residences in Accra, though the police have chosen to remain silent on the matter. Despite the presence of police officers on duty during the robbery attack, the circumstances surrounding the breach remain veiled in mystery.
Executive Director of the Good Governance and Advocacy Group (GAGG), Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku, was involved in an armed robbery attack on Sunday, January 28, 2023.
The incident occurred at Astoria Hotel-Ahodwo near Atinga Junction in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
Mr Kusi-Poku is said to have been ambushed by a two-member robbery gang around 2:00 AM on the hotel premises. He had returned from attending the funeral of a close friend’s father in Nyinahini in the Antwima Mpounua District and had chosen to spend the night in Kumasi.
According to Listowell’s account to The Hawknewspaper, the robbers, armed with guns, ordered him out of his car, a Toyota Hilux with registration number GN 371-23 and demanded he surrender his car key, mobile phones, and personal belongings.
The robbery incident has been officially reported to the Adiembra Police Station, prompting a team of police personnel to visit the scene and initiate an investigation into the matter.
The decline in robbery incidents in the country is credited to the dedicated efforts of the current police administration, according to the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi.
In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Face to Face on Citi TV, ACP Ansah-Akrofi highlighted that the administration prioritized addressing violent crimes, particularly robberies, upon assuming leadership of the Ghana Police Service.
She noted the establishment of specialized anti-robbery teams strategically positioned in areas prone to robberies, resulting in improved outcomes and a decrease in violent crimes in those regions.
“A lot of work has gone into fighting robberies. When the current administration and board members took over the affairs of the Police Service, one of the areas that they knew required tackling was fighting crime, especially robberies, and so special teams were set up in robbery-prone areas to ensure that they put in place operations to control such crimes.”
“We have also done a lot of intelligence work so our intel teams across the country continue to work to get information on criminal gangs and networks, and we move on them as and when necessary. In most of our releases, when there is a robbery, our response and determination to go after the suspects and arrest them have been largely successful, so we are leaving no stone unturned.”
ACP Ansah-Akrofi emphasized the concerted efforts to combat crime, stating, “A lot of work has gone into fighting robberies.”
Furthermore, she mentioned the ongoing commitment of the Police Service to enhance intelligence gathering nationwide.
ACP Ansah-Akrofi affirmed the Service’s determination to combat criminal activities through intelligence teams that gather information on criminal gangs and networks, allowing swift and successful responses to incidents.
A tiler who allegedly robbed a retired Principal of a Nursing School at gunpoint, stealing money and electrical devices, has been placed in custody by the Pakyi District Court.
John Owusu, aged 20, did not enter a plea, and his case was adjourned to September 8, 2023, for his next court appearance.
Meanwhile one Kwame David, his alleged accomplice, is on the run.
Police Chief Inspector Christian Amartey told the Court presided over by Madam Dora Nsiah Jackson that Madam Margret Acquaah, the complainant, was a retired Principal of Tepa Nursing Training College, residing at Atwima Trede New Site whilst Owusu, the tiler, and Kwame David, now at large, were classmates at Yeji Abease Senior High School.
He said in 2022, the complainant employed Owusu as her house help but he worked for some time and left.
Prosecution said Kwame David also worked in her house for seven months and quit. Chief Inspector Amartey said the complainant paid David accordingly before leaving the house.
On December 18,2022, at about 1800 hours, the complainant was in her bedroom when the accused person and Kwame David entered and Owusu pointed a pistol at her head as David stabbed her neck with a screw roller and demanded for money.
The Court heard that complainant hit the screw roller and David’s hand entered her mouth and she bit it, however, they succeeded in robbing her of two Samsung mobile phones, HP laptop computer, decoder, a backpack and cash.
He said the Complainant managed to open her door and rushed to the police station where she made a formal complaint.
Police tracked the stolen phones to Yeji Abease and proceeded there to retrieve the two Samsung phones and the HP laptop with the assistance of the Yeji Police without arresting the accused person and his accomplice.
He said on August 16, 2023, at about 2000 hours, the Yeji Abease Police informed Trede Police that Owusu had been arrested and detained. Owusu was then handed over to Trede Police for further investigations, Chief Inspector Amartey said.
He said in Owusu’s cautioned statement, he admitted conspiring with Kwame David to rob the retiree.
Efforts were under way to arrest Kwame David to assist in the investigation, the Court heard.
A 20-year-old man, identified as Frimpong a.k.a Alkaline, has lost his life in an alleged robbery attempt gone wrong in Fiapre, a town in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region.
According to a UTV reporter who narrated the incident, the deceased and about three accomplices visited a wooden motor rewinding shop in the area at night to steal some items. It is unclear how they had access to the building because there were no signs of forced entry around the structure.
It is suspected that the owner of the shop may have been robbed before and thus set up a system to deter robbery. When Frimpong forced his way through a crack beneath the main entrance, he was reportedly electrocuted instantly. It is however unknown what exactly caused the electrocution.
The incident has left neighbours in shock and fear. Eyewitnesses who saw the scene said they woke up to see a hand beneath the entrance of the rewinding shop. A closer look revealed a familiar face, Frimpong, who had been dead for hours. The young man was a known face in the neighbourhood and residents said he was unemployed.
The police were informed of the incident and they visited the crime scene and conveyed the body to the Bono Regional Hospital mortuary.
A 24-year-old commercial okada rider has been fatally shot by suspected armed robbers in the Eastern Region.
Kwame Mensah died on the spot after being shot at Kwarfokurom near Nsawam in the Eastern Region by the robbers who bolted with his motorbike after the act.
It’s unclear what led to the senior high school graduate’s fatal shooting during the journey after the gang hired his services.
Mother of the deceased who only gave her name as Tsotsoo said in an interview that she received the news through a phone call.
“I received a call that Mensah had been shot and bleeding profusely…later, on our way to the hospital, we received the news that he has passed on,” narrated the tearful mother.
She called on the police authorities to fast-track investigations to bring her son’s killers to justice.
Six highway robbers in the late hours of 11:30 pm on Thursday 8th June 2023 robbed a passenger mini bus from Kumasi at the Bole-Kilampobile stretch of the road in the Bole District of Savannah Region.
Speaking to Bole-based Nkilgi Fm, a victim of the robbery known as Fatawu Okoro who is an Ambulance Service Officer said, the armed men who were Six in number ambushed them and made them lie flat on the ground as they search and collected all their money and phones.
According to the victim, the robbers were able to take away from him Gh¢20,050 with his phones and even stripped one old woman naked and passengers had to help her look for panties and clothes after the robbers left the scene.
Fatawu Okoro disclosed that they were able to identify one of the robbers who happens to be a Fulani man staying in Bole township, adding, the Fulani man identified has a provision store and regularly buys rice from his shop.
He said; “after they released us, we reported to the police and the police went and arrested that Fulani man who was identified.”
Fatawu Okoro said the Youth of Bole have given the Police a one-week ultimatum to get positive results or sentence the man to jail to serve as a deterrent to others or they will attack all the Fulanis in Bole township.
Three suspects standing trial at the Tarkwa Circuit Court for robbery have been remanded into police custody for three weeks.
The suspects allegedly robbed the KK Gold Buying Shop at Akoon in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, of money and gold worth about GH￠613,000.00.
They were remanded after their first appearance in court on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, charged with conspiracy and robbery.
The pleas of Fataw Awudu, 42, Ghanaian; Samuel Amaechi Kingsley, 47, Togolese; and Ezekiel Stephen Oghenakaro, 45, Nigerian were, however, not taken.
They are expected to reappear before the court, presided over by Hathie Ama Manu, on May 24, for the commencement of prosecution.
On April 18, 2023, the Tarkwa police received information that a gang of armed robbers on three motorbikes, welding weapons, had attacked and robbed a gold-buying shop.
The police proceeded to the scene but, on arrival, released that the robbers had fled with a sack containing money and gold worth about GH￠613,000.00.
Intelligence gathered by the police revealed that the robbers used the Esuoso road and, therefore, mobilised some more police officers to assist in arresting them.
The robbers, on seeing the police, started firing at them and they returned fire, but sensing danger, the robbers abandoned their motorbikes and the sack containing the money and absconded.
The Police Intelligence Department and the patrol team, with the support of some community members, arrested all the suspects.
The sack containing a cash amount of GH￠397,190.00 and the three motorbikes have since been retrieved by the police.
The investigation is still ongoing to apprehend the accomplices of the suspects believed to have escaped with over 100 pounds of gold.
A Level 100 student has lost his life following an armed robbery attack.
The English student of Akenten Appiah Menka University of Skills Training And Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) met his untimely death after being attacked by the armed robbers on Tuesday, April 25 around 3am.
According to reports, the deceased was returning back to his hostel after hours of studying on campus where he met these armed men. They attacked the student, robbed him and used a sharp weapon which is believed to be a cutlass to cause a huge injury on the deceased head.
The student was later sent to Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment. Reports coming in indicate that the student couldn’t make it. The Tanoso Police is currently working on the case to immediately arrest these criminals.
Students of AAMUSTED are currently writing their end-of-semester examinations. During this period, security is heavy on campus since students study throughout the night.
This is a sad and unfortunate incident. Students have been advised not to walk alone in quiet places.
The Edo Police Command reports that it has detained four alleged armed robbers who were wearing military garb.
Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Chidi Nwabuze disclosed to reporters on Tuesday, that the suspects attacked and stole money and other valuables from a woman in Benin
Before the apprehension, the suspects allegedly divided the money among themselves after converting it to a foreign currency, according to Nwabuzor.
He claims that among the items retrieved from them were an iPhone 13 valued at N500,000, an iPhone 6 valued at N48,000, and jewelry worth N850,000.
Additional items include a washing machine, an LG split air conditioner for N360,000, a table fan worth N140,000, a standing fan worth N95, 000, an inverter battery and accessories, and gas cylinders, among others.
The command intelligence officers detained them after receiving a report from Grace Ainabe, the victim of an assault that took place inside her home.
The spokesman mentioned Iyabo Victor 35, Osas Aganmwonyi 28, Nosa Owie 24, and Idi Etukudo as the suspects arrested by the police.
He said that the suspects led by Victor, while adorned in military uniform and armed with guns, broke into the victims house in Teboga community and carted away money, phones and jewelries.
“The suspect entered her house through the POP ceiling and robbed the entire family of their belongings and forcefully transferred N447, 000 from the victim’s account.
“They collected her phone and forcefully obtained her secret code number for them to have access to her bank detail,” he said.
A man believed to be a member of an armed robbery gang who have been terrorizing residents of Ashaiman has been arrested by the residents.
A viral video on social media captures the suspect being interrogated by the residents who sought details about the operations of the gang.
In answering the questions, the suspected robber disclosed the names of his accomplices and the operational plan.
He also divulged where they hide their robbery accoutrement as he begged the residents not to beat him.
Ashaiman has been in the news recently after officers of the Ghana Armed Forces stormed the place and abused some residents following the killing of their colleague.
In the early hours of March 7, 2023, soldiers stormed parts of Ashaiman in what has been described by the Ghana Armed Forces as sanctioned operations to unravel the persons behind the killing of trooper Imoro Sherrif.
Arrest of key suspects in murder case
The Ghana Police Service in a statement posted on social media, late Friday, March 10, 2023; confirmed the arrest of the main suspects involved in the murder of a young military trooper, Imoro Sherrif.
According to the police, an intelligence-led operation culminated in the arrest of the unnamed suspects.
“The Police after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation have arrested the key suspects involved in the murder of Imoro Sherrif, the soldier who was found dead at Taifa Ashiaman on 4th March 2023,” a police statement said.
The High Court in Accra convicted a gang of three who pleaded guilty to 32 crimes to a total of 75 years in prison.
The convicts, Ishmael Akyene alias Israel Nana Damascus, Daniel Akpan alias Nseh alias Danny and Mbuotidem Edem alias Faith all pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy, robbery, rape and possession of firearms without lawful authority.
The charges comprised 12 counts of conspiracy, 16 counts of robbery and three counts of rape and possession of firearms without lawful authority.
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh after convicting them in their own plea, sentenced them to 24 years for robbery, another 24 years for rape and 25 years for possession of firearms without lawful authority.
EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, who was in court reports that the convicts are to serve their sentences concurrently, meaning they will serve only the highest of the three punishments which is 25 years.
Justice Yanzuh said the convicts are to serve their sentences in hard labour after considering all the mitigating pleas from defence lawyer Sani Rashid and the response from the prosecution led by the Director of Public Prosecution, (DPP), Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa.
The court also ordered for the confiscation of the Kia Rio vehicle and guns retrieved from them while the implements used were ordered to be destroyed.
Monies retrieved GHc8.500 and other currencies as exhibits were to be disbursed to the rightful owners.
The convicts were said to have robbed volunteers from the UK who were in Ghana to partake in a charity project. They also had unprotected sex with six of the victims and raped a married woman twice.
Mitigation
Sani Rashid, counsel for the convicts in his plea for mitigation said the court should take into consideration the fact that the convicts showed remorse and did not waste the time of the court.
“Accused did not waste the court’s time. The first and 2 accused have been in custody for the past 4 years while the third has been in custody for about 3 years,” counsel said.
Ex-Convicts
Responding to the plea of mitigation, the DPP, Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa told the court that all three convicts are already known to the law.
She said they have been convicted by the lower court for robbery and are serving sentences at Nsawam.
She also told the court that the convicts also have dockets before the office of the Attorney General yet to be processed.
The DPP while agreeing with the defence that the convicts did not waste the time of the court, said the court should hand them punished not lower than 25 and 20 respectively for robbery and rape.
She also reminded the court to take notice of the offense of robbery especially when it is committed using force with weapons.
The convicts were said to have robbed volunteers from the UK who were in Ghana to partake in charity projects planned by Partnee West Africa.
Brief facts
Per the brief fact, the complainants are British nationals and a United Kingdom (UK) registered charity that operates in Ghana.
The prosecution said on December 8, 2018, a group of twelve volunteers comprising six male students, four female students, two teachers (one male and one female) visited Ghana from the U.K to partake in charity projects.
The prosecution said when the volunteer group was constituted in the U.K., they spent a year conducting fundraising activities and had obtained clothes of various sizes, stationary, toothpaste, toothbrushes, footballs, toys, and cash for the charity to give out as donations.
It said each of the 12 volunteers came with a suitcase full of these donation items and the group left the United Kingdom at about 5:00 am, transited through Portugal and Togo and arrived at the Kotoka International Airport at about 11pm.
The complainants it said went to meet them with a bus and sent them to a guesthouse, near Muuston Beach, Oshiyie, near Kokrobite, Accra.
The prosecution said, they arrived at the guesthouse at about 1:00am and the leader on the bus prevented the driver from entering the compound so they parked outside the gate and offloaded the suitcases from the bus and sent them into the house.
The complainants it said introduced the group to Naa the cook and Isaac who was responsible for maintenance.
It said both Naa and Isaac lived in a separate house on the compound of the guesthouse.
After the introduction, Isaac left for bed and Naa prepared a toast for some of the volunteers who wanted to eat while the complainants gave the group security and safety briefing and showed them around the house.
Armed men
The prosecution said, they first went to the boys’ room and continued to the girls’ room and whilst Naa was leaving the main house for her room, she found the accused persons at the door and immediately banged the door and ran to inform the rest of the group.
“The accused persons who were armed with guns, a knife, a taser and a long metal which was flat at one end and pointed at the other end, forced the door open and found most of the group members in the corridor outside the girls’ room,” the brief facts stated.
“The accused persons ordered all of them to enter the girls’ room and made them lie down on the floor. Sandy was however asked to lie on the bed,” and they “covered the heads of the victims with sheets, blankets and towels and informed them that they had to cooperate with them.”
It said, “With their weapons in hand, the accused persons stripped those among the fifteen victims who had bum bags and backpacks on, of their bags and took what they liked from them.”
Stolen items
It said, the accused persons also searched the pockets and bodies of the victims and took their mobile phones, iPads, power banks, money, jewelry, bags and bank cards.
It added that the accused persons made the victims disclose their PIN codes to the bank cards they had taken as well as the passwords in a blue mobile phone that was found in the first accused person’s car by the police when the first accused person saw them in the vicinity of his house and fled abandoning the car and its content.
Unprotected sex
The prosecution said all the accused persons forcibly had unprotected sex with six of the female victims with the third accused raping one married victim twice.
“The accused persons operated quietly and spent about three hours in the guesthouse,” and “they rummaged through the rooms and suitcases of the victims and eventually left the property at about 4:00am with their booty.”
The prosecution said when they eventually left, “the female victims went to the Finney Hospital and Fertility Centre where they were examined, and swabs were taken from each of them.”
It said, “upon the arrest of the accused persons, swabs were taken from them and subjected to DNA analysis.”
“The outcome showed that semen was found on three out of the six swabs taken from the six sexually assaulted female victims and the DNA in the semen matched the DNA of each of the accused persons.”
Account debit
The prosecution said the victims who came from the U.K left for the U.K the same day but one of the victims whose bank card was taken by the accused persons, received messages from his bank which indicated that the two who came out of a Green Kia Rio saloon car with Registration number GT 7892 X made the withdrawals.
The vehicle was traced to the first accused person who took to his heels as the Police got close to him.
The blue mobile phone which the accused persons used to record the phone passwords and bank PIN codes was found in the car.
His room was searched in the presence of a witness and other personal items of his were found including money.
“The CCTV footage of the Goil filling Station for that period was obtained and it indicated that two men who came out of a Green Kia Rio saloon car with registration number GT 7892 X made the withdrawals.
“The vehicle was traced to the first accused person who took to his heels as the Police got close to him.
“The blue mobile phone which the accused persons used to record the phone passwords and bank pin codes was found in the car.
“His room was searched in the presence of a witness and other personal items of his were found including money,” it stated.
Arrest
The IMEI numbers of some of the mobile phones the accused persons stole from the victims were obtained and they assisted in detecting the location of the accused persons.
The first accused person was eventually arrested and he led the police to the arrest of the second accused person.
The first and second accused persons took police to the third accused person’s house, but he managed to escape through the roof of his house and left for Nigeria.
The Police, however, found the third accused person’s Nigerian passport in his room, and same was taken for evidential purposes.
He was subsequently extradited from Nigeria to stand trial in Ghana and at identification parades organised on different dates, the complainants and Naa identified the first and third accused persons as part of the three men who attacked them on December 8, 2018.
The first and second accused persons also led the police to a spot near a refuse dump on a bush along the Legon road to retrieve the implements they used for committing crime including guns and ammunition.
Two people are currently on the run after allegedly robbing a Forex bureau at the Accra mall.
Both persons, who purportedly stole an amount of $1,600 dollars from the Forex bureau are currently being pursued by the Ghana Police Service (GPS).
The two suspects, according to the victim, entered the Forex bureau on Tuesday after, February 27, 2023, under the pretext of changing some money but managed to steal some dollars from the counter of the bureau on the blind side of the attendant.
Upon realising that the money had been stolen, the attendant went after them but the two dashed into a waiting vehicle and drove off.
According to the police, investigation is underway to apprehend the suspected thieves.
“We would like to urge the general public, especially operators of forex bureaux to be vigilant and where necessary report any suspicious activities to the police, as this could be a new approach adopted by criminals to steal from unsuspecting persons,” the police cautioned.
Meanwhile, images of the suspects as captured by CCTV cameras are being circulated.
“Anyone with relevant information on the suspects should contact 0200416540 for further Police action,” the statement concluded.
An Adentan Circuit Court has pronounced a 25 year jail sentence on a 24-year-old unemployed man for causing harm and attempted robbery.
This was after the Court had found Lamin Sissy guilty of the charges.
The Court presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah sentenced him to five years on the charges of causing harm and 25 years on the charge of attempting to commit a crime to wit, robbery.
Sentences are however to run concurrently.
Handing the sentence, the Court said an attempt to commit a crime carries the same punishment as committing the crime.
It noted that the accused person now a convict used an offensive weapon (scissors) to harm the complainant, Christabel Sitor.
Sissy is said to have attempted to snatch a handbag worth GHS100, an Infinix Hot 10 mobile phone valued at GHS1,000 and cash of GHS100.
Sissy earlier prayed to the Court for mercy.
“I pray the Court to forgive me. I don’t know what came over me. I have no relations in Ghana,” he added.
The prosecution led by Inspector Gloria Ayim prayed the Court to give an accused person a stiffer sentence to serve as a deterrent to like-minded persons.
The case of the Prosecution is that the complainant Christabel Sitor is a resident of Mile 13 Adenta.
On June 2, 2022, the Prosecution said at about 9:20 pm, the complainant went to town and when returning home on a straight route, Sissy who had no permanent place of abode and had laid ambushed, spotted the complainant with her lady’s bag across her chest.
It said the complainant’s bag contained an infinix Hot 10 phone and a sum of GHS100.
The prosecution told the court that, Sissy on seeing the complainant, started trialling her to a distance and attacked her with a pair of scissors.
It said Sissy ordered the complainant to hand over her handbag.
The Prosecution said the complainant resisted and a struggle ensued between her and the accused person.
In the process, Sissy slashed the complainant’s left hand with a pair of scissors.
The Prosecution said the complainant raised an alarm and Sissy took to his heels.
It said the complainant’s shouts attracted people to the scene. Sissy however escaped and hid in the bush.
Whiles lodging a complaint, a witness in the case who pursued Sissy managed to nab Sissy and escorted him to the Police Station.
The prosecution said the accused person admitted the offence and led the Police to the crime scene.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons who robbed a filling station and murdered a security guard on duty on Saturday, January 28, at Wassa Agona in the Western Region.
The suspects are Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway, Samuel Chibuzor and Kingsley Okechuku alias Kofi Kingsley.
According to the police report, the suspects who raided the station also subjected the fuel attendants to severe beatings.
They also made away with an unspecified amount of money together with the filling station’s CCTV Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and mobile phones belonging to the victims.
“Upon receiving information concerning the robbery attack, Police patrol teams within the catchment area mobilized and proceeded to the scene and in the course of the operation arrested suspect Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway and Samuel Chibuzor who were fleeing the robbery scene on a motorbike,” parts of the statement read.
The police then conducted a search on the arrested suspects. This led them to recover a black hood, a handbag containing two mobile phones and an amount of GH₵20,722.00.
“The Police team further pursued the fourth suspect, Kingsly Okechuku to a hotel near Bogoso where an amount of GH₵ 44,852.00, suspected to be part of their booty, was retrieved from him,” they added.
Meanwhile, other items recovered from the suspects include the DVR components of the CCTV setup stolen by the suspects together with two pinch bars and a Ghana Card belonging to one of the victims.
Also, the police indicated that all four suspects, are currently in their custody and will subsequently be put before the court to face justice.
They assured the public that they will continue to work tirelessly to keep the communities safe.
Five persons, including a pregnant woman, have been remanded into Police custody by an AccraCircuit Court for their alleged involvement in the robbery of a Chinese national at Caprice in Accra on December 9, 2022.
They have been accused of robbing the Chinese woman of GH₵410,000, $8,000 and two iPhones.
The accused persons are; Prince Anthony Chiobi, Izichuku Igwenagu, Emmanuella Chinwetalu, the lady who is pregnant, Martin Ahamafula Onwukwa, and Godfred Chukuebuka, aka, Caleb.
A sixth accused person, Yaw John Darko Ikenna is said to be at large.
The five accused persons have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery.
The court presided over by Mrs Susana Eduful did not take their pleas pending further investigations.
They are expected to reappear on December 28, 2022.
The prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Seth Frimpong, opposed a bail appeal, saying if accused persons were granted bail, they would hamper investigations.
ASP Frimpong said the Police needed Emmanuella, the third accused person, married to Ikenna, currently at large, for more information.
He prayed the court to remand the accused persons for one week.
ASP Emmanuel Haligah, another prosecutor, told the court that the Police, at the peril of their lives managed to arrest the accused persons and that they had extended investigations into other places because some of the accused persons were said to belong to a group of robbers who allegedly travelled to Ghana to rob and leave the jurisdiction.
According to him, the Police had intelligence that Ikenna had sent money to Emmanuella to travel out of the country.
The defence counsel, Edward Nana Asare, prayed the court to grant the accused persons bail, especially Emmanuella who was heavily pregnant and needed special care.
“My Lady the Police are trying to use her as bait to get Ikenna.”
Nana Asare said there were no indications that any of the accused persons took part in the said robbery incident.
He drew the court’s attention to the Police’s assertion that some robbers had travelled to Ghana, engaged in robbery and left, suggesting his clients were not part of them.
The Court in its ruling declined bail.
It held that Emmanuella, who appeared to be pregnant, should be provided with basic needs while in custody.
The case of the prosecution was that on December 9, 2022, the Accra Regional Police Command had information that some armed men on motorbike had attacked, shot, and robbed a Chinese woman of some valuables at Caprice, a suburb of Accra.
It said the Regional Police on receipt of the information dispatched police personnel to the scene to ascertain the facts and investigate.
The prosecution said the victim informed the Police that the robbers took her GH₵370,000 which she had earlier cashed from the Standard Chartered Bank, West Hills Mall branch on the day of the incident.
According to the prosecution, the victim stated that she also had cash in the sum of GH₵40,000 and $8,000 as well as two iPhones (iPhone 11 and 8+), all stolen.
It said police intelligence revealed that the “suspects before this honourable court and others were involved in the crime and it emerged that they were at a hideout at Buduburam.”
The prosecution said when the Police got there the robbers engaged them in a shootout which resulted in the deaths of Nneji Harrison Ogbona and another.
“These suspects before the court were apprehended later while others escaped. During investigations, it emerged that the suspects met at Igwenagu’s drinking spot at Buduburam and planned the crime,” the prosecution told the court.
It said investigations revealed that Ikenna now at large, had agreed with Godfred Chukuebuka, aka, Caleb who had been convicted for 10 years by another Circuit Court for a similar offence.
The prosecution told the court that investigations also indicated that, “the suspects entered Ghana through unapproved routes with the intention to commit crime and go back”.
It said the police had received information that Ikenna was hiding in Nigeria, and that he had sent money – GH₵1,300 – as transportation for his wife (Emmanuella) to join him in Nigeria.
Two persons have been sentenced to a total of 32 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
Yaw Ofori Asiamah, barber and Emmanuel Ocran Kounakey, unemployed, denied conspiring to rob a trader of her purse, containing a mobile phone and GHS44.00 but were found culpable after trial and sentenced 16 years each.
Police Chief Inspector John Gohoho told an Accra High Court that Madam Comfort Korkor Dapaah is the complainant.
He said both convicts: Asiamah and Kounakey resided at Nungua Addogono and on May 4, 2022, at about 0030 hours, the complainant had closed from work at Nungua Abrantee College area and was on her way home when the now convicts, who were roaming in the area, looking for vulnerable and unsuspecting people to prey on, spotted her on the road.
Chief Inspector Gohoho said the convicts started stalking her and when she got to the darkest section of the road, they pounced on her.
The Court heard that the two wielding a knife and a pair of scissors, pulled them out and threatened to stab the complainant.
They then slapped the complainant on the face with a powdered red-hot substance suspected to be ground pepper and later fled the scene with the complainant’s plastic bag, containing her black purse, a Samsung mobile phone, a Voter’s ID card and GHS44.00.
He said the complainant reported the matter to the Nungua Police. About two hours later, Police officers at Nungua Addogono during a snap check at a duty point, spotted the convicts in a taxi.
A search conducted on them revealed a knife and a pair of scissors, he added.
Prosecution said further search conducted in the taxi revealed the complainant’s hand bag and the stolen items.
Based on this, the convicts were arrested and during the investigations, they admitted the offence in their cautioned statements and were charged after investigations.
Kevin Hart has opened up about the time he and his late motherwere victims of a robbery at gunpoint.
“Me and my mom got robbed,” the Philadelphia native revealed on the latest episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, as seen above at the 23:30 mark. “Wanna hear the crazy part? [We were] coming from a laundromat. … We got the shopping cart, I’m talking folded clothes, right, my Mom got the cart. I got my book bag, I used to go to the laundromat do the homework. My mom just carrying this little orange fanny pack, dude came out, he said, ‘Get that shit up, bitch.’ And my Mom was like, ‘No.’”
With a smile on his face, Hart, 43, reiterated that his mother Nancy outright refused to let the assailant take her belongings. “I swear to God,” he said. “Hand on the Bible, my mom said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘You think I’m fucking playing with you? Get that shit up.’ My mom was like, ‘It’s nothing in it, and no.’ I’m just standing there, I’m looking…I’m shocked that I’m looking at a gun. He snatched it off, he go through it. My mom had a bunch of tokens in there, right? Guy get mad, he throw it at my mom. ‘You broke bitch.’ He called my mama a broke bitch.”
When the man threw the fanny pack right back at her, Kevin said she told him, “I told you it was nothing in it.” He recalled how she just picked up the bag and continued on “like nothing happened.” While she was able to brush off the incident, the comedian/actor felt like he was “going to die” at that moment. “She made me push the cart the rest of the way,” he added. “I never walked up that street again. The rest of my life I took the longest way to get to the laundromat. What once was a five minute walk took me 30 minutes.”
While he was able to recall the incident clearly, he added that Nancy never spoke about it with him after it went down. “That’s what [kind of] area that was,” he noted. “You tell me to go down there right now, I’ma say, ‘You go first.’”
You can watch Hart’s full Million Dollaz Worth of Game episode above or listen below.
Two robbers who were arrested by the Police at Abesewa, a suburb of Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region have been slapped with a 20-year and 10-year jail term (respectively) in hard labour.
The convicts, Sumaila Nketia alias Last Two and Kwabena Nyameke alias Kalilu were arrested following a police intelligence-driven investigation and operation. These convicts have been on the police wanted list for multiple robberies in the Dunkwa-on-offin municipality and its environs.
Victims of five separate robbery attacks came forward to identify them and some stolen properties of the victims have been retrieved.
There are several robbery cases currently against them before the court. One such case was decided on August 3, 2022, leading to their conviction and subsequent sentencing.
“We commend the Central Regional Police Commander and his team for the investigation, arrest and successful prosecution of this case.â€
“In line with our new standard operating procedure, the faces of these persons have been shown since they are now convicts and no longer suspects.†Police said
The service also assured the public that they will continue to fight crime and bring criminals to justice.
A man alleged to be a member of a suspected syndicate behind robberies in the Juabosoand adjoining districts in the Western North Region has been burnt to ashes in front of a Police station by some angry youth.
Lynching
Three members of the said syndicate were apprehended by the youth, however, one managed to escape while the police managed to rescue the third suspect before they could lynch him.
The angry youth descended heavily on the Police and threw stones at them and damaged their vehicles when the law enforcers attempted to rescue the suspects.
Eyewitnesses said the suspected robber was exposed after he was seen holding half a dozen mobile phones while trying to board a vehicle at the main Bonsu Nkwanta Lorry Station to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The phones
When the alleged robber was confronted by some youth and asked to unlock the phones, he was unable to do so.
The youth then removed a SIM from one of the phones and placed it in a new mobile device and attempted to make a Mobile Money transaction. In the process, the name of a popular member of the community who was recently robbed popped up.
The youth then marched the suspect to the house of the one whose name appeared and upon reaching the house, he narrated the circumstances of how he lost his phone.
Sensing danger, the suspect then confessed to being a member of a robbery syndicate and lead his apprehenders to the house where the remaining members of the gang were.
One member of the gang jumped a wall and escaped while another was apprehended. The two were assaulted by the now irate mob who marched them to the police station.
On reaching the police station, one of the suspects was set ablaze. The Police then struggled to rescue the another from the mob who are still demanding that the second suspect be released to them for instant justice.
The mob
As a result of the increasing numbers of furious youth in front of the Bonsu Nkwanta Police station, the Juaboso Police District Command has called for reinforcement to help contain the situation.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Assembly Member for Bonsu Nkwanta, Mr Bawa Ibrahim said the uncontrolled anger of the youth and their resolve not to listen to reason was a result of the increasing cases of robbery in the area.
He said for some time now it was difficult for a week to pass without a report of a robbery.
“In recent times, one community was robbed and a man killed in front of his wife in one of the communities,†he said.
Prevalence of robbery
Other communities he said have had their share of the activities of robbers who have invaded the area making life unbearable for the people.
Mr Ibrahim said people from the district and other adjoining ones travel in fear, which should not be the case.
He also called for immediate action to ensure the security of the people.
As at the time of filing this report, the irate youth are still at the police station waiting for the second person in their custody to be released.
Five out of eight robbers involved in a robbery operation at Akyem Adukrom in the Eastern Region have been apprehended by the Police Service.
Three additional suspects are currently on the loose, and authorities are on the lookout for them.
According to a press statement issued by the police, the eight criminals assaulted and robbed a gold dealer at gunpoint of his or her gold.
Adams Awal, Ibrahim Hamidou (Akwasi Anokye, Insuah Moro, Nasiru Salifu, and Kwadwo Amponsah) were among the eight people apprehended by the police.
They are currently being held by the police. The robbers were also found to be in possession of a number of weapons.
An AK 47 Assault Rifle, two magazines with 24 rounds of ammunition, a python revolver handgun, eight BB live cartridges, and nine gold nuggets are among the items.
The police also recovered an amount of GH9077.
Meanwhile, the police have seized a Toyota Land Cruiser with the licence plate DV 4142 7, which was used in the latest robbery.
Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a lawyer, Richard Badombie on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savannah Region.
The Accra-based lawyer was reportedly killed by the robbers while travelling to Jirapa in the Upper West Region with some relatives on Saturday, 28 May 2022.
The robbers, who emerged from the bush, stopped the vehicle in which the lawyer was travelling between Banda Nkwanta and Nuoyir.
One of the robbers shot at the lawyer, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The car had veered off the road and hit a tree when the robbers attempted to open the doors of the vehicle.
However, a dog in the car barked at them and they fled.
Until his demise, the deceased was a lawyer with Lartey, Badombie & Co. Associates in Accra.
The Police have since begun a search for his killers.
Gunmen on a motorbike raided ‘R n P’ fuel station in Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region and bolted with an unspecified amount of money between the hours of 7 pm and 8 pm on May 17, 2022.Â
The bandits shot the owner of the fuel station who went unconscious in the process and was sent to the Walewale Government Hospital.
According to the cousin of the fuel station CEO, his uncle was with the manager at the station when the armed robbers invaded the place and asked all those around to lie down but one of them moved to the CEO and shot him at the occiput.
“It was yesterday in the evening that two guys invaded the area and went to the filling station first and picked some money. He was on hands up and they followed him into the office, so he was just entering and they shot him at the occiput but the bullets didn’t penetrate too much. So they sent him to hospital,” Sadat said.
The Assemblyman for Kukuazugu electoral area, Seidu Kamal Gazirey, who confirmed this to GhanaWeb, said the robbers have robbed the residents almost five times in the Month (May) alone within Walewale township.
He is calling on the IGP and the Interior Minister to deploy enough police personnel to the West Mamprusi Municipality.
“Is even a series of robberies. If you look at this month alone, per what I have counted myself, we have almost five of them at a glow within this month.
“In fact, IGP in collaboration with the Interior Minister should try as much as they can to see how they can help Walewale with enough police personnel,” Seidu Kamal appealed.
The CEO of the said fuel station, Musah Abdul-Rahman was treated and later discharged from the Walewale government hospital.
