The donation comes amid rising reports of robbery along the Sunyani–Nsuatre highway and surrounding communities, posing a threat to commuters—especially those traveling at night.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the MP expressed hope that the vehicles would enhance police visibility and response times.

She noted that improved mobility for law enforcement would contribute significantly to reducing drug-related incidents and other criminal activities in the municipality.

Receiving the items on behalf of the service, Bono Regional Police Commander, DCOP Yao Tetega, thanked the MP for her timely intervention.

He assured the public that the vehicles would be put to effective use to enhance security.

DCOP Tetega also issued a strong warning to criminals and drug dealers operating in the area, urging them to desist from their activities.

He emphasized the police’s renewed commitment to intensify patrols and maintain peace across the municipality.

He further commended the MP for her continued support of the Ghana Police Service.

The suspect, Abdul Majeed, and his accomplice, Abdul Majeed Saeed, were declared wanted by the Ghana Police Service in March 2025 after they went into hiding.

The killing occurred between February 25 and 26, 2025, in Fou, a suburb of the Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Region.

A dispute between Yakubu’s brother, Mustapha Muktadel, and a neighbour, Baba Habib, sparked the incident.

According to community members, Baba Habib and his friends assaulted Mustapha Muktadel on February 25 at around 9:00 p.m.

Later that night, Baba Habib called Yakubu’s brother, asking to meet him, but he declined.

At around 12:30 a.m. on February 26, Baba Habib returned with a group of about 20 people, leading to a confrontation.

During the altercation, one of the individuals retrieved a pump-action gun from a Mitsubishi Pajero and began firing, hitting Yakubu Mohammed Habib.

The victim was rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) but died from his injuries at around 4:30 a.m. The police have now arrested multiple suspects in connection with the incident.

The family of the late Yakubu Mohammed Habib had been conducting surveillance at the residence of suspect Abdul Majeed Saeed for three months, hoping to apprehend him.

On the day of the arrest, their efforts paid off when Abdul Majeed was spotted at the house.

According to Yakubu’s brother, Yakubu Ibrahim, they informed the police as soon as they confirmed Abdul Majeed’s presence.

He said that when the police arrived, Abdul Majeed attempted to escape through the back door but was spotted. The police searched the premises, ransacking the place, but couldn’t find him initially.

Yakubu Ibrahim explained that the police found signs of recent occupation, including a shirt hanging, a phone on charge, and leftover drinks.

However, Abdul Majeed was nowhere to be found—until he was spotted hiding in the ceiling.

“The police searched all the rooms but couldn’t find him until he moved into the ceiling,” he said.

Mr Ibrahim added that Abdul Majeed allegedly had several “juju” items in the room and was holding a small red object, seemingly under the impression that he was invisible. When asked to get down, he lay still, thinking he couldn’t be seen.

“However, we eventually pushed him, and he fell to the ground, where he was arrested,” he explained.

Abdul Majeed sustained some injuries during the arrest and is currently receiving treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, where he is handcuffed.

One of the family members also sustained injuries during the arrest.

“I saw him at the TTH. They have handcuffed him. One of our colleagues also sustained injuries,” Mr Ibrahim said.

Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show, Prof. Aning explained that while the violence initially stemmed from ethnic and leadership struggles, it has now become largely fueled by criminal groups exploiting these divisions. He pointed out that the situation is far more complicated than most people understand.

“The presupposition and the common perception are that what is happening in Bawku is essentially a conflict between two groups of people. My agreement, however, is that it has transcended these two groups. It has also moved beyond chieftaincy issues,” he stated.

Prof. Aning emphasised that the primary force behind the violence is not ethnic or chieftaincy disputes, but organised crime networks that have capitalised on these tensions. “What we are witnessing in Bawku today is being driven more by criminality and a transnational network. These criminal groups use the notions of ethnicity, ethnic identity, and long-standing suspicions surrounding chieftaincy to further their agendas,” he added.

While he refrained from revealing sensitive details about the criminal groups involved, he underscored the growing complexity of the conflict. “But I cannot delve too much into this, as I hold a public office, and such matters are sensitive,” he explained. Nonetheless, his comments highlighted the significant role that criminal networks are playing in perpetuating the violence in Bawku.

Prof. Aning also criticised the widespread narrative that the conflict is merely about ethnicity or chieftaincy. He warned that this oversimplified view only exacerbates the situation.

“The argument that it is simply an ethnic or chieftaincy issue is false. It does not help the situation at all. In fact, it may even worsen tensions, which are already at a breaking point,” he cautioned.

Furthermore, Prof. Aning pointed to the government’s failure to effectively address the crisis, blaming a lack of resources and strategic planning. He described the situation as precarious, warning that it is on the brink of escalating into an even more destructive conflict.

“I can assure you that the situation is delicate, on the verge of becoming a scorched-earth policy. We do not have the necessary resources or the strong foundation to resolve this effectively. There is a need for more strategic focus, and without that, the crisis will only deepen,” he said.

In a somber assessment of the government’s capabilities, Prof. Aning concluded, “That I can tell you, and we cannot calm the conflict. We don’t have the resources, we don’t have the backbone.”

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that efforts are underway in an intelligence operation to locate and apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the incident.

Authorities have assured the public that they are committed to ensuring that all suspects are brought to justice for their roles in the robbery.

Earlier reports from the Ghana Police Service indicated that the incident, which resulted in the officer’s death, occurred at approximately 1 am on Thursday, June 27.

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He revealed that, the suspect on Monday evening told him to steal the baby boy from his girlfriend’s room to spend some time with him.

He said the suspect whose name was only given as Bright went to chart with his girlfriend just to distract her.

“I took the baby, gave it to him and went home. A few minutes, I heard the girlfriend crying, saying her baby is missing” he told Adom News.

Alarmed about the development, the 17-year-old boy said he told the lady he gave the baby to Bright.

After several search in the area, they found out that, Bright had killed the newborn in a bush.

The now accomplice claimed he did not know Bright was going to kill the baby for money rituals.

The suspect is in the grips of the police at Awutu Bereku assisting with investigations.

His girlfriend suspected to be part of the plot has also been arrested.

Meanwhile, the developmental chief of Gomoa Mamfam who led the search team, revealed that the suspect told his friends that he would kill his son for rituals.

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According to reports, the suspect identified as Kwaku Agyei, reportedly stabbed the deceased, a 47-year-old man known only as Efo, with a knife, resulting in his tragic death.

The incident occurred on Sunday, December 24, 2023.

The Assembly woman for New Sekyire Electoral Area, Joyce Osei Assibey, in an interview on OTEC News said the suspect confronted his friend at the deceased’s house.

She said after persuading the suspect to stop fighting, the deceased decided to escort him out.

However, the suspect allegedly stabbed him with a concealed knife he had in his pocket.

“The family of Efo had no idea he had been attacked by Kwaku Agyei until one of his daughters went outside the house and saw him in a pool of blood. They rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead,” the Assembly woman narrated.

Police swiftly arrested the suspect, Kwaku Agyei, in the area, and he is currently assisting with investigations.

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Edmond Nashiru, 30, in his statement to the police, said he needed money to organise a church programme, hence he resorted to the criminal act to raise funds.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and his lawyer, Bright Baiden, prayed the court, presided over by Mrs Hathie Ama Manu, to grant his client bail but that was declined, and the case adjourned to December 28, 2023.

The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Joseph Lartey, said the complaint was made by the management of Access Bank, Tarkwa branch, and Nashiru was the first point of call for customers who visited the bank with issues to be addressed.

He said on November 22, 2023, management of the bank reported to the police that, Daniel Atigah, a witness and customer, lodged a complainant that a total amount of GH￠9,190.57 had been withdrawn from his account.

According to prosecution, management quickly activated an audit management team to investigate the issue and report their findings.

The team’s report indicated that Nashiru was responsible for the withdrawal so a formal complaint was lodged with the police and he was arrested to assist in investigations.

The prosecutor said on July 3, 2023, while Nashiru was on duty, Atigah went to the banking hall and complained of an error with his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card, and he directed him to fill a form requesting for a new card without his knowledge.

The problem persisted and Atigah went back to the bank for it to be rectified but Nashiru was not on duty and a different staff issued another ATM card to him, the prosecutor said.

He said Nashiru took custody of the other ATM card, which he intentionally assisted Atigah to apply for and was using it to make withdrawals from his account.

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Her family visited the scene where she died in Wellesley Road on Thursday evening as crowds gathered outside the police cordon and prayers were said.

The youth, who is also charged with possessing a knife, appeared at youth court sitting at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today.

Wearing a grey tracksuit, he was remanded into custody to appear at the Old Bailey on October 3.

Ellyanna was fatally wounded in the neck after she disembarked a bus on Wellesley Road in Croydon, at around 8.30 am on September 27.

The suspect was arrested a little over an hour later in New Addington.

A picture with text messages has appeared allegedly between the 17-year-old boy and his friend after the gruesome murder of 15-year-old Ellyanna.

The contents of the messages read:

Murderer: Man just finished the girl

Friend: What u bored her

Murderer: With my 15-inch on the bus Bare Feds lurking

Friend: How many times did u dig it

Murderer: Man don’t even remember, she kept saying sorry

Friend: Yes bro that’s what I like to hear.

The unfortunate incident happened between 9:30 pm and 10:00 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

Information gathered by Adom News’ Illiasu Abdul Rauf indicates the armed men stormed the shop on a motorbike.

They are said to have fled the scene with no belonging of the deceased after committing the act.

The body has since been deposited at the Baptist Medical Center morgue at Nalerigu.

No arrest has been made so far as investigations are still ongoing.

This was after the Court presided over by Christina Cann, found Amadu Moro guilty on the charge of defilement.

Handing the sentence, the Court said it found the accused guilty, following the perusal of the evidence on record, careful consideration of the charge, exhibits and the applicable law.

According to the Court, it also considered the intrinsic seriousness of the offence, degree of revulsion and premeditation.

The facts of the prosecution led by Inspector Opoku Aniagyei are that the complainant is a housewife, and the victim is the complainant’s niece.

During the month of October 2021, one night, the complainant woke up to urinate and to her surprise, she saw the accused having sexual intercourse with the victim.

The prosecution said the complainant later reported the matter to the Police at Nima and a medical form was issued to the complainant to seek medical treatment for the victim.

The prosecutor said the accused was nabbed by the Police, but he denied the offence in his caution statement.

When the Police medical report was received it indicated that the victim had been defiled.

The service says it also remains committed in its efforts to fight crime in Ghana.

This is on the back of concerns raised by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) following the murder of a private legal practitioner, Richard Badombia.

Mr Badombia was shot and killed in a robbery attack on Bole-Bamboi Highway in the Savannah Region.

GBA says it has noted with grave concern the upsurge in armed robbery attacks and other violent crimes in the country.

The association has, therefore, among other things called on security services to enhance general public education on crime prevention and detection with a view to awakening the security consciousness of the citizenry.

But a statement, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, DCOP Kwesi Ofori, said they fight crime every day and treated all with the same urgency and professional attitude and regrets every loss of life.

Anuze Salifu, charged with defilement, denied the offence. However, after the trial, the court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, found Salifu guilty and sentenced him.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Agnes Boafo, the prosecutor, said the complainant was a trader residing at North Kaneshie, Accra with the victim and her other siblings.

The prosecution said Salifu also lived a few meters away from the complainant’s house.

It said on March 7, this year, the complainant left the victim and her brother in the care of their elder sister.

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Whiles the victim was playing with her brother, the prosecution said the brother left the house on the blind side of the victim.

It said realising that her brother was not in the house, the victim decided to go and look for him.

The prosecution said the victim saw her brother seated in front of Salifu’s door, so she went to him.

On hearing the victim speak to her brother, Salifu came out of his room and informed the victim’s brother to come into his room to watch a movie on his laptop.

It said as soon as he (the victim’s brother) entered Salifu’s room, he locked the door and carried her to his porch, and defiled her.

It said after the act, Salifu warned the victim not to disclose her ordeal to anyone else she would die.

Four houses have also been burnt.

The injured included Mohammed Chimsi, one of the brothers claiming the skin, and his wife.

The victims are receiving medical attention at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

There was sporadic shooting this afternoon in the community between the two sides of the chieftaincy divide forcing community members to flee to safety.

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An eyewitness told JoyNews that the attackers opened fire on the police when they moved in to pick Mohammed Chimsi who had been shot.

There is currently a heavy security presence in the area.

There has been a long-standing dispute between the two brothers over who is the rightful person to occupy the Yong skin.

This has led to several crashes in the past, with both sides recording deaths, injuries and the burning and destruction of properties running into several thousands of Ghana cedis

Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt Bernard Baba Ananga said the police are yet to establish the cause of the renewed clash.

He said a combined team of military and police are currently in the community adding that investigations are ongoing.

Emmanuel Afanu, will serve his sentence in hard labour.

The offence is contrary to section149 of the criminal offenses Act1960(Act 29).

According to the prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Owusu, the accused, together with his friend who is at large, on April, 8, conspired to commit the crime.

He robbed his victim of an iPhone 7 plus mobile phone valued at Ghs2,500.00 after he assaulted Sakyi Michael, the complaint, with a pair of scissors at Yayo a suburb of Asamankese.

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Inspector Samuel Owusu said the complainant, a student, lives at Anum-Asamankese while the accused and his accomplice live at Mepom.

He said the complainant was on his way home on that fateful day at around 7:50 pm when the convicts who were riding motorbike snatched his phone.

He said, in the process, the complainant managed to hold Emmanuel Afanu’s shirt and struggled with him but he inflicted the complainant with a pair of scissors and succeeded in bolting with the mobile phone.

The prosecutor said Emmanuel Afanu was, however, arrested and sent to the Asamankese Police station by some residents after the complaint screamed for help.

The convict was charged and arraigned after the police conducted a thorough investigations.

The Police in a statement on its official Facebook page said, “this viral video has come to our attention and we are working on it.”

A Facebook user, Benjamin Wayo Mahama, who posted the video said the Lebanese allegedly parked his car in front of the Ghanaian’s shop for almost an hour and was eventually confronted by him.

“According to reports, this Lebanese man parked his car in front of the shop of a man at Osu for almost an hour. When the shop owner finally told him to park his car well so that he can also do his business, the Lebanese started abusing him verbally and telling him he will kill him. He then came out with a sword and the shop owner had to run into another shop for cover. Ghana Police, please do something,” the Facebook user wrote on his timeline.

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The two are being sought for gunning down a mobile money vendor and stealing an undisclosed amount of money from the victim on Tuesday, December 21.

 The two suspected armed robbers, according to eye witnesses’ narration to Erastus Asare Donkoh, shot the vendor after he refused to give them the bag containing money.

According to reports, the police have been at the crime scene to access it and to aid them in the investigation of the incident. 

Narrating the story on JoyNews, he disclosed that the Regional Police Commander has promised a cash reward for anybody who will volunteer to lead the arrest of the suspects. 

Many gathered at the crime scene, shocked over the incident since it is the first time the community had experienced such a crime.

This, they explained, comes on the back of attacks in recent days. The police believe these measures will deal with the security threat.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori.

The outfit has also promised a GHS 50,000 reward for any individual who will volunteer information leading to the arrest of robbery thugs.

It has further advised that persons who intend to withdraw huge sums of money should exercise caution or contact the Police for assistance.

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“We, therefore, plead with residents to bear with us with regard to the scaled-up security measures to deal with this threat.

“We have placed a financial reward of GHc 50,000 on information that will lead to the arrest of these thugs,” part of the statement read.

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This was after the Police embarked on separate swoops in 44 of its districts in the past few weeks.

Armed police officers raided some hideouts of criminals, destroyed and set them ablaze as part of a continuous pledge to rid the region of criminal activities.

“As part of measures to rid the Ashanti Region of criminal elements, the 44 police districts within the region have embarked on series of separate swoops within the past weeks, and we have been able to arrest 522 suspects. Some of the suspects are assisting with the investigation,” Police Public Relations Officer, for the Ashanti Region, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, said.

Other suspects, according to the police, are being profiled for further actions, while those who will be found culpable will be made to face the law.

Several exhibits including substances suspected to be Indian Hemp, machetes, pairs of scissors, mobile phones and drinks suspected to be laced with marijuana among others were retrieved from the suspects.

Those suspects, who were found with the cannabis, will be handed over to the drug enforcement unit and the exhibit taken to the forensic lab for analysis.

“The Command will still advise the public to come to the police with every information that they have so that we will be able to fight crime together,” ASP Ahianyo appealed.

The Ashanti Region has in the past months recorded violent crimes, some of which have resulted in the loss of lives, caused life-altering injuries to victims, and damage to property.

His comments are in response to increasing concerns about public safety, with regards to Tuesday’s announcement in Parliament that the government is set to deploy over 200 Police officers to serve as bodyguards to Members of Parliament (MPs).

Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Interior Minister explained that this year’s crime figures have seen a significant drop due to increased security presence, as compared to last year.

“We have an improved system, though the streets were generally being protected. For instance, when we work the impact of our ‘Operation Calm Life’ on September 20, findings are that there is a drop in criminal cases because of increased deployment.

“By August, places like Accra had seen a reduction of armed robberies by 53%, whereas the country had generally recorded a minimum of 10%,” he said.

Meanwhile, Security Analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye (retired), has said government’s decision to provide personal security for MPs will come at a cost to public safety.

He said the move will deny other state security offices of personnel.

A police officer who sustained gunshot wounds in the battle is said to be in stable condition at a hospital in Kumasi.

The other suspects who are believed to have sustained injuries, however, managed to escape with the police on the lookout for them.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr David Agyeman Adjem, Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander told journalists in Kumasi that, Police intelligence indicated that the suspects were members of a gang who had been snatching vehicles from their owners in the Kumasi metropolis.

He said the robbers are believed to be behind recent attacks on a gold dealer and the murder of innocent citizens of Manso-Dadease in the Amansie South District.

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DCOP Adjem said upon intelligence that the group were preparing to embark on another robbery expedition, the Regional Police command dispatched officers to trail them.

He said the officers saw a black BMW saloon car occupied by about six people in the Santasi area.

DCOP Adjem said when the suspects saw the police they opened fire in an attempt to escape but the officers responded, resulting into the death of two of the suspects, while a police officer also sustained gunshot wounds.

He said the officer who sustained injuries in the process was rushed to the hospital.

He said the other suspects who were believed to have sustained some gunshot wounds abandoned the vehicle and escaped.

The Deputy Regional Commander said the police suspected the gang to be Fulani armed robbers who masterminded the Manso-Dadease robbery, where three persons including the driver of Amansie South District Chief Executive were murdered.

A search in the vehicle revealed one SMG rifle loaded with seven rounds of ammunition, one SIG SAUER SP2022 pistol also loaded with eleven rounds of ammunition.

The bodies had since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue awaiting identification and autopsy.

DCOP Adjem appealed to all medical facilities and herbal centers to be on the look-out and report any person or persons who visits their facilities with wounds suspected to be gunshots.

Lawyer for Sammy Gyamfi, Edudzi Tamakloe, has been explaining why a meeting between his client and the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an alleged cyber crime offence has been shelved for tomorrow, 24th December, 2019.

Mr Tamakloe gave the explanation when he addressed the media at the premises of the CID shortly after the CID had informed them of the cancelation.

He said he, together with his client, got to the premises of the CID at exactly 10:30 am only to be told that the meeting had been rescheduled for tomorrow at 11am for some “unforeseen reasons”.

“They (CID) went for a meeting shortly after we got here, and after the meeting we were told the meeting cannot come off and has been rescheduled to tomorrow so we have agreed to meet them tomorrow,” he told the media. 

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According to him, he suspects that President Akufo-Addo will, today (23rd December, 2019) be paying a visit to the CID, hence the postponement of the meeting to tomorrow. 

Mr Gyamfi’s invitation by the Cybercrime Unit of the CID follows a complaint to the department by the Jubilee House for forgery and publication of false information.

Jubilee House’s complaint to the CID, has led to the NDC accusing the Akufo-Addo-led government of trying to intimidate and harass innocent members of the NDC.

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Samuel Owusu, according to the police is a prime suspect in a fraud syndicate and was reported to have collected moneys from businessmen, lawyers and medical doctors.

Owusu and accomplices called their victims on their mobile phones and told them that he wanted to introduce them to business in the oil gas industry, but later duped them.

The Director of the Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gustav Yankson, disclosed these to the Ghanaian Times in Accra.

He said Owusu told his victims that a gas company was in urgent need of oil cement for work, and asked them to pay money to him through mobile money.

ACP Yankson said the victims sent money ranging between GH¢2000 and GH¢7000 to the suspects through mobile money.

He said later when the victims tried to get in touch with the suspects their phones were switched off.

ACP Yankson said reports were made to the unit by the victims and the suspect was arrested at Weija.

He said investigations had revealed that all calls from the victims were traced to the suspect.

ACP Yankson urged members of the public who have fallen victim to such syndicate to report to the police.

He also advised the public to be wary of such scam, adding that they should do due diligence before transacting business.

Some of the Chinese were found to selling indomie. The court presided over by Eleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchwey noted that defence counsel had failed to disclose to the court their permanent place of abode.

The court noted that the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) was investigating how they were residing in the country illegally and when granted bail, they might go into hiding.

It held that although the accused persons were entitled to bail under the law but stated that, the grant of bail was under the discretion of the court.

According to the court the charges levelled against accused persons in Takoradi was entirely different from the one in Accra.

In Takoradi they are being held over the charge of conspiracy and threat of harm.

A Circuit Court in Takoradi admitted them to bail after asking them to make a security deposit of GHC 10,000 each and further ordered to deposit their passports with the court.

It further directed the GIS to ensure that they go Takoradi to stand trial.

The court further ordered the GIS to secure an Interpreter and adjourned the matter to December 30.

The five accused persons are: Dehang Li, Haifang Zhou, Jiauong Huan, Li Hui Lauo and Jung Gang Quin. They were arrested on December 4, this year on suspicion that they did not have residence permit and were also engaged in illegal employment.

Soon after their arrest, the GIS arraigned them.

Opposing vehemently to a bail application, the GIS said it found it intriguing that a Chinese national would travel to Ghana and engage in the business of selling Indome at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region.

Chief Superintendent of Immigration Peter Philip Andoh prayed the Court not to grant bail to the five Chinese nationals. Chief Supt. Andoh said it was not possible that the accused persons would come to Ghana to prepare and sell Indomie, a vocation reserved for Ghanaians.

Referring to defence counsel assertion that individuals within the country were to enjoy their fundamental human rights, Chief Supt Andoh noted those rights was not absolute.

He recounted the one of the accused for example had been in the country since 2016 wwithout permit adding that the accused person cannot enjoy that illegality. Applying for bail, Dr. J.E.K Abaka, prayed the court to admit the accused persons to bail pending trial.

Dr Abaka noted that his clients would not abscond since their passports were in the custody of the Regional Commander in the Western Region.

He was not enthused over the fact that his clients were arrested on December 3, this year and put before a Takoradi Circuit court over conspiracy and threat of harm.

According to defence counsel as soon as the Circuit Court in Takoradi had granted them bail, they were arrested the following day and sent to Accra.

There was confusion when the GIS officials decided to escort them back to the custody.

Accused persons wanted to speak to their counsel but the GIS officials declined.

It took the intervention of Chief Supt Andoh before the GIS officials could escort them.

The incident was suspected to have happened Monday night.

Workers reported to work Tuesday morning to find three offices within the administration block broken into and the safe removed from a wall in the accountant’s office and taken away together with a revenue bag.

The thieves also stole a phone from the acting director’s office, and a laptop as well as a phone from the registrar’s office, our correspondent Kwame Kakraba reported.

“Our offices were broken into. The accountant office was broken into and an entire safe was carried out of the office overnight,” acting director of the hospital, Dr Kwadwo Obeng told our correspondent Wednesday.

He expressed concern about insufficient security at the facility which he said has been confronted with land encroachment.

The hospital, he said, has only six security officers who run a shift system, noting at every particular time, there are only three of them on duty. That, he said, is inadequate considering the size of the hospital.

“Fortunately, no client or staff was injure in this incident but I think it highlight the problem of lack of security of this facility. This time they didn’t meet anybody; this time they just wanted to collect items but what if their intentions are more dangerous next time?” he stated.

Dr Obeng observed that encroachers on their land have created illegal exits at the facility exposing them to security risks.

He said just behind one of their male wards, the lands have been sold to people who now demarcating the area for development.

He has advised those who have bought lands area “o advise themselves against further developing of this land” to avoid losing their investment in the long run.

Meanwhile, Dr Obeng has appealed to government to take urgent steps to safeguard the security of the staff and patients of the hospital.

He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing and was convicted on his own plea.

Isaac Kwaw in default of the fine would serve six months in prison in hard labour.

Before pronouncing the judgment, the court considered the fact that Kwaw was a first time offender, he did not benefit from the booty, showed remorse and pleaded for mercy.

The presiding Judge, Mr Eric Baah Boateng ordered Kwaw to sign a sum of 2,000 Ghana cedis bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months or in default serve 9 months imprisonment in hard labour.

Prosecuting, Police Detective Sergeant Joseph Kwadwo Agyare earlier informed the court that, the complainant Ransford Kwofie is a farmer and resides in the same vicinity with the accused at Old Yakasi in the Aowin constituency.

He said on 17 November 2019, the complainant reported to the Enchi Police Command that Kwaw had broken into his agrochemical shop and made away with quantities of insecticides and also damaged the shop in the process.

Detective sergeant Agyare said the convict and one Asidu Sani a witness in the case were arrested and when police conducted a search in Kwaw’s room they retrieved 12 containers of super kill insecticide.

He said during investigation, the police noticed that the convict had information on some valuable items in the shop before the incident. The convict in his cautioned statement admitted the offence.

Commissioner of Police (COP) Paul Manly Awini, the Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, said the Police acted on intelligence that someone was producing locally manufactured weapons and supplying them to criminals in the area.

He said the Command embarked on a special operation in the early hours of Friday at Assin Brofyedur and made five arrests at three separate locations.

They include two blacksmiths Pele Aziaku, 54, and Washington Pobi, 40, and three minors whose ages ranged between 16 and 17 years.

COP Awini said a search in the first targeted location revealed one locally manufactured pistol and six long barrel locally manufactured guns; and equipment adapted for producing locally manufactured weapons amongst others.

He said a search in the second and third target locations led to the confiscation of dry leaves suspected to be cannabis, white sustances suspected to be cocaine, seven pair of scissors and four assault knives were retrieved.

COP Awini said the special operation forms part of efforts by the Police to clamp down on criminal activities in the region as the Christmas and New Year approaches.

Speaking on the robbery incident that occurred on the Accra-Cape Coast high way near Potsin on Thursday evening, the Region Commander said, the Police is working to track down the suspects and bring them to book.

He said the Police received a distress call at about 1830 hours on Thursday that some suspected armed robbers have blocked the main Accra-Cape Coast road near Gomoa Potsin and dispatched patrol teams but the robbers fled the scene before they arrived.

He told the media that investigations revealed that six vehicles were attacked and occupants robbed by the robbers- injuring two in the process.

ACOP Awini said the Police is working hard to provide a secured the environment and urged the public to continue to cooperate with the Police and provide information on any suspected criminal activity.

According to the police report, the lady is believed to be a prostitute who was picked up by Nii Aku at about 11 pm last Wednesday evening to his apartment in Karikari Brobbey a suburb Dansoman.

Police say the patrol team received a distress call to the effect that someone had murdered another in an apartment at Karikari Brobbey a suburb of Accra at about 2 am Thursday morning.

“Police surrounded the house and after 30-minutes the suspect jumped from the top floor unto the ground in a bid to escape but he was arrested.

“Police forced the door opened and found a female dead body aged about 40-years. She was lying naked in a supine position in a pool of blood, at the back balcony of the top floor with bloodstains all over the top floor, and multiple wounds and cuts on the face, eyes and the ears”

“He dug a hole in an attempt to bury the decease but he couldn’t dig deep because of the concrete floor and that gave him out,” a police source told The Ghana Report.

Nii Aku, according to the police investigations, has denied killing the deceased.

The deceased is yet to be identified but the body has been deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

Nii Aku is in police custody assisting investigations.

He is accused of forging a property document worth GH?66,646 in the absence of the former boss, Elizabeth Adomah.

He pleaded not guilty two counts of stealing contrary to Section 124 (1) of the Criminal Code and forgery contrary to Section 159 of the same Act.

The facts of the case as presented by the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Isaac Anquandah, are that the complainant is a businesswoman, Elizabeth Adomah, living at Dzorwulu in Accra, while the accused used to be an errand boy to the complainant.

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The complainant had a tenancy agreement with Scancom Ghana Limited which was to expire on Jun 30, 2014.

However, in March 2014, the complainant travelled to the United States of America for medical treatment.

During her absence, on April 24, 2014, the accused without the consent of the complainant wrote a letter to the Scancom Ghana Limited asking for a renewal in May that same year.

Adjei is alleged to have, forged the agreement demanding an increment of 10 per cent and insisted the money be paid into one of his accounts.

Scancom Ghana Limited then paid an annual amount of GH66, 646.80 into the accused person’s bank account on July 16, 2014.

The accused person upon receipt of the money withdrew parts of the money on different dates.

“The complainant returned from USA only to be told by Scancom Ghana Limited that the said property has been renewed and believed to have been signed by her,” Chief Anquandah told the court presided by Ruby Aryeetey.

The prosecutor said on September 6, 2016, a report was made and the accused was arrested.

During the investigation, it came to light that, the accused person wrote a letter to Scancom Ghana Limited without the knowledge of the complainant.

An amount of GH22,200.00 has so far been retrieved from the accused during the investigation and handed over to the complainant.

After investigation, he was charged with the offences and put before the court.

The man, Julius Sewor, aged 25, was found hanging after his wife quarreled with him for not taking care of her and their baby.

The body of Bertha Aba, 19, was discovered by some children just hours after she informed her suspected boyfriend in a telephone conversation that she was carrying a pregnancy for him.

Mr Eric Vondee, Aflao District Police Crime Officer, told the Ghana News Agency, his outfit had the first report at about 0545 hours on Thursday November 17, this year, that the body of an adult male, identified as Julius Sewor, has been found hanging on a tree at Agbagblakope.

He said a police team was immediately dispatched and subsequently found the body hanging by a nylon rope on a tree, with the tongue protruded, near a fence wall with no house inside. The police brought it down after preliminary investigations.

Mr Vondee said the deceased, a Benin national, was living at Aflao with his Ghanaian wife with whom he had a baby boy, aged one and a half months old.

He said on Wednesday November 16, this year, while Sewor was working at a Bakery, where he was employed, his wife in a rage, dashed to damp the baby on him, accusing him of not taking care of them.

Mr Vondee said though his employer intervened and his wife agreed to take back the baby, the deceased, refused to hand over the baby, but rather packed his belongings and left the work place with the baby.

The employer sent someone to follow up to the couple’s home so that the deceased would not assault his wife, but both were not met in the house.

Mr Vondee said investigations revealed that the deceased on the same day visited Lome in Togo, and narrating his wife’s conduct to one Frederick Agunor, confiding in him he would commit suicide to end it all.

His friend strongly discouraged him from it and he left, only for his body to be found hanging at Agbagblakope near the E.P Basic School on the Diamond Cement Factory road, early the following morning.

Meanwhile the baby and mother were re-united before the incident occurred.

In the second case, Mr. Vondee said relatives of the lady, who lived in the same house with her at Agblekpui, reported of her hanging herself at about 1230 hours on Saturday November 19, this year.

He said according to the relatives, they over heard the lady, at about 1100 hours same day in a telephone conversation with the suspected boyfriend, telling him she was pregnant for him.

According to the relatives, after dropping the phone, the deceased picked a rope as if to draw water from the well, at which juncture they left for a funeral in Aflao, where they were informed hours later that her body was found hanging about 500 meters from their house.

Mr Vondee said the relatives rushed and brought down the body with the intent of rushing her to the hospital but realised it was too late.

Mr Vondee said police do not suspect any foul play in both cases, as there were only rope marks around their necks, adding, the two bodies were being kept in the Ketu South Municipal Hospital morgue at Aflao pending further investigations.

Source: GNA

Issac Duvor, 23, has pleaded not guilty.

The Court presided over by Rita Abrokwah-Doko has admitted Duvor to bail in the sum of GH¢20,000 with three sureties one of whom should be a public servant.

The Court further directed the prosecution led by Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire to furnish the accused person with all the relevant documents to be used in the trial.

The matter has been adjourned to November 5.

The prosecution narrated that the complainant is the grandmother of the victim. The complainant and victim reside at Teshie. Duvor also resides at Teshie.

Chief Inspector Atimbire said before this incident, the complainant realized that Duvor has been offering the victim toffees, biscuits, soft drinks and sometimes money.

The prosecution said the complainant, therefore, warned the accused person to stop offering those gifts but the act of giving by the accused persisted until October.

Prosecution said the complainant detected that the victim’s school uniform was always wet any time she returned from school.

The situation compelled the complainant to quiz the victim and she disclosed that for some time now, Duvor calls her under the pretext of giving her money and on one occasion, Duvor called her junior brother and offered him GH¢50 pesewas and he asked him to wait outside.

Prosecution said Duvor lured the victim into his kiosk which served as his sleeping place and defiled her. After the act, prosecution said Duvor asked her not tell her grandmother else he would beat her.

The complainant on hearing that, reported the matter to the Nungua Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service and a medical form was issued to her to seek medical treatment for the victim.

Prosecution said Duvor was picked up and arraigned.

Source: GNA

26-year-old Stephan has admitted to impregnating the girl whose pregnancy is said to be in its trimester at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region.

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In spite of his admission to being responsible for the twin-pregnancy, Stephan says he currently doesn’t have the financial muscle to sufficiently cater for the needs of his pregnant lover.

Speaking on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, Stephan disclosed that he and Vic, as he calls her, became lovers when he was an intern in the community’s school.

He revealed that Vic sneaked into his room anytime his roommates were away, a situation which led to the pregnancy.

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“I met Vic in the area since her house is adjacent mine. I proposed to her and she accepted so we started going out and as our relationship advanced, she began sneaking into my room when her madam went to bed and my roommates were away,” he narrated.

Meanwhile, Stephan says he is willing to marry Vic when things get better for him after his national service.

Watch the video above for more on this story.

Source: Adomonline.com|Abigail Bonney

Nana Frimpong Akles, charged with defilement, had his plea reserved by the court.

The court presided over by Mrs Rita Abrokwah-Doko has remanded Akles into lawful custody pending further investigations into the case and he is to reappear on October 28.

Prosecuting Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire prayed the court to remand him into lawful custody pending further investigations into the matter.

The facts narrated by the prosecution is that the complainant in the matter is the victim’s brother. The complainant and victim reside at new Legon and Akles also reside in the same vicinity.

On October 9, this year, between 1900 hours and 2000 hours, the victim was sent by the complainant’s wife to buy baby diapers. On her way home, Akles held her mouth from behind, dragged her to an uncompleted building and had sexual intercourse with her.

Prosecution said the accused person left the victim in the said uncompleted building.

However, the victim managed to get to the house and she narrated her ordeal to the complainant.

The prosecution said the victim was sent to the Police station when the complainant detected that she was bleeding.

The Police issued a medical form to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital for examination and treatment.

The complainant took the victim to the Madina Polyclinic but was referred to the Legon Hospital where she is currently on admission.

On October 10, this year, Akles was nabbed by the Police and when his statement was taken, he admitted having sex with the victim.

Source: GNA

According to Alice, her parents do not earn enough salary to take care of her and her two siblings who are also in school. “My dad is a security man and my mum sell locally made coconut oil which does not bring enough money home to take care of all of us”, she tells crimecheckghana.

She disclosed that due to the financial difficulties, her father took a loan to enable her to enter the nursing and midwifery college.

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“The loan my father took was able to cater for my first-year fees only. Whilst in school, I could not afford to buy handouts and so I had to write my notes from handouts. My parents could not get money for my second-year fees because my dad had not yet finished paying the loan so he was not eligible for another loan”, A weeping Alice told crimecheckghana.

She said when school reopened and she had no hope of going because she needed her bankers draft as proof of payment to enable her enter the school premises.

“I then decided to go back to Tema General Hospital where I did my clinicals to steal money from the bag of a nurse to pay my school fees. After stealing the money, I was frightened so I could not count the money till I got to the bank”, she said.

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Miss Bonye said she was able to go to school but was arrested upon her return to the hospital. After serving her six months term in the Nsawam Female Prison, she returned to school to further her education but was informed that she has been sacked for tarnishing the image of the school.

Alice said amid tears, “I want to go back to school. Anytime I see my school uniform in the room, I get saddened that I have wasted the loan my father went for to cater for my education. I wish I can get financial support to start all over again. I love nursing and I want to be a nurse”.

Watch video below:

Source: crimecheckghana.org

Abdul Musah pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.

Police Chief Inspector Joseph Debrah told the court presided over by Mr Alibaba Bature that on September 30 this year, at about 1:30am, the convict broke into the room of the complainant at Kronum-Kwapra and took the television set.

He said the complainant who was awakened by the noise from the thief raised an alarm and with the help of co-tenants, arrested the convict and handed him over to the police.

Chief Inspector Debrah said in his caution statement, the convict admitted the offence and was therefore charged and brought before the court.

Source: GNA

The suspects are said to have hired the KIA Picanto car with registration number GS 950-19 from Madina to Dodowa in the Greater Accra region at about 12:30am on Thursday.

Upon reaching Traditional Council at Dodowa, the teenager allegedly attempted to strangle the driver with a nylon rope as his girlfriend allegedly stabbed the driver in the left arm and leg.

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In an attempt to snatch the car from him, the driver managed to overpower them but the suspects escaped.

According to the Dodowa District Commander, Supt. Harrison Katso, the driver, whose shirt was soaked with blood, reported the incident at about 2:30 am.

“He came to the station with a deep cut on his left arm and leg with his shirt soaked with blood. He brought with him a kitchen knife, a nylon rope, lady’s bag containing clothes and mobile phones and narrated his ordeal,” Supt Katso said.

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He said looking at the victim’s condition, he (victim) was issued a medical form and was rushed to the Shai-Osudoku Government Hospital for treatment.

“Just as the patrol team was about to search for the suspects, a resident, Emmanuel Aboagye and two others brought the suspects who were spotted in the neighbourhood,” he added.

The suspects admitted having committed the crime after initial interrogation.

A search by the police for the suspects’ place of abode proved futile.

“There was no physical structure to show at Ritz Junction around Adentan. They claim to be living under a tree. Neighbours said suspect Korley recently came around to look for a place for her container,” Supt Katso said.

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“Drivers must always monitor the conversation and demeanor of clients. Installing tracking devices in their cars will be of help in case of attack,” he suggested.

Supt. Katso also lauded the residents who handed over the suspects without attacking them and urged the general public to always do same.

The two suspects will be arraigned after investigations, the police said.

Source: Adomonline.com | Adom News | Kwame Yankah

A 27-year-old taxi driver Samuel Ameku who was arrested for killing his mother at Kwesimintim in the Western Region has confessed to the police that he killed the mother because she failed to find him a wife.

Ameku also injured his sister in the process.

The taxi driver was arrested on Friday morning after he stabbed his mother to death and inflicted cutlass wounds on his sister.

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Confirming the incident and arrest in an interview with Joy News, the Kwesimintim District Police Commander, Chief Supt. Peter Lennox Aidoo, disclosed that the suspect during police interrogation stated he stabbed his mother because she failed to get him a wife.

“He has been staying with his mother and sister all these years and sought his mother’s help in finding a wife but she urged him to exercise patience,” he narrated.

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However, the suspect added he doesn’t know what came over him to kill his mother in the early hours of Friday”.

Meanwhile, the suspect is in police custody and expected to be arraigned before court on Monday, October 7, 2019.

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The suspect killed his 70 year old mother, Precious Akolatse and stabbed his elder sister, Karen Ameku multiple times at the back and is currently receiving treatment at the Effiankwanta Regional Hospital in Takoradi.

Source: Adomonline.com

A taxi driver, believed to be in his early twenties and identified only as Mawuli, on Friday morning stabbed his mother to death while his sister battles for her life at Sofo Zongo in the Effia-Kwesimintism Municipal Assembly of the Western region.

According to a witness, the boy chased his mother in the house over reasons yet to be known and stabbed her after which he went ahead to stab his elder sister.

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Speaking in an interview with Adom News, the witness said Mawuli came to the house very calm few minutes before the incident.

 “He is a taxi driver and I was here when he came to the house about five minutes ago during which I asked for water and when he brought it, he informed me he was going to give money to his madam,” she said.

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“Suddenly, I heard screams for help while washing on my veranda and saw the boy chasing his mother so I went behind the house to get help but before we returned, he had stabbed the mother,” she narrated.

The police at Kwesimintim have confirmed the incident and sent the body to the mortuary. The suspect’s elder sister is currently receiving treatment at the Effiankwanta Regional Hospital.

The suspect has been arrested and is in the custody of the Kwesimintsim Police Station.

Source: Adomonline.com|Adom News

The video has the two police police officers who are said to be stationed at the Railway Station, near the Agatha Market in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, using used bicycle tyres to assault the suspect who they accuse of stealing GH¢1,600 from his employer, a claim the suspect had partly denied.

As they brutalized the suspect who has only been identified as Dodzi, he confessed to taking GH¢350 from his boss’ private car and not the GH¢1,600 he was being accused of stealing.

In spite of the denial, the police personnel who are of junior ranks, still thought they could extract a confession from the suspect hence continued to beat him with the used tyres.

As they beat the suspect who had been handcuffed at the back and defenceless, he wept uncontrollably but that did not stop the officers from exacting their ordeal on him.

At a point, another police officer, identified only as a Sergeant, who was in mufti, joined the torture gang to beat up the suspect.

According to the suspect’s father, Mr Alegbe Daniel, the police after assaulting his son, detained him from Friday to Tuesday, before granting him bail without any medications.

Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, the Police PRO for the Command, said the incident occurred at Krakrom near Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of Bono Region.

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He said the Police at Nkrankwanta had information at about 9:30 hours on September 26, that the suspect had shot and killed and had fled into the bush with the gun.

Chief Inspector Oppong said the Police proceeded to the scene and saw deceased “lying in a pool of blood with a deep hole at her back”.

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He said the corpse has been deposited at Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, Dormaa-Ahenkro, whilst efforts are being made to apprehend the suspect.

Source: GNA

According to the Dormaa Ahenkro District Police Commander, DSP Young Samuel Acolatse, the suspects were arrested on Thursday afternoon after police gathered intelligence on them.

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Speaking in an interview with Adom News, DSP Acolatse disclosed that the suspects were arrested in their homes after a search.

The residents have often complained of break-ins into their homes and shops with electrical gadgets including mobile phones being stolen so we intensified our intelligence network, he explained.

Yesterday, we had a tip-off that five guys who are alleged to have been coming from the Upper East region were in the area to operate so we went after them,” he said.

The arrest, according to DSP Acolatse, led to the retrieval of a pump-action gun with serial number G763014, 10 AA life ammunitions and BB life ammunition, cutlasses, plier, bags of rice, oil and assorted drinks from the homes of the suspects.

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The suspects have been identified as Kwame Evans Acheaw, also known as, Gadafi, 36; an ex-convict, Musa Azuma, also known as, Kofi, 30; and Lambeth Anigambe, 33 with two others only identified as Kwasi and Daniel on the run.

 The suspects are set to be arraigned before a court with investigations ongoing.

Source: Adomonline.com|Adom News

Joseph Opata, 23, is said to have sexually abused the victim when she sent her school uniform, which was too long for him to fix to the right length.

Opata has, however, denied the offence of defilement.

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The Court, presided over by Mrs Rita Abrokwah-Doko, admitted Opata to bail in the sum of GH¢10,000.00 with three sureties to reappear on October 22.

Prosecuting, Detective Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei said in his narrative that the mother of the victim, who was a junior high school student, reported the case to the Police.

The prosecutor said Opata worked at the shop of the complaint’s cousin as a designer, with the shop located on the same compound as the residence of the complainant.

The victim, who lived with her father at a different location, often visited her mother where she became acquainted with Opata.

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The prosecutor said the victim’s mother, however, protested whenever Opata engaged her daughter in a conversation under the pretext of sending her.

When the trend persisted for about a year, she warned Opata against relating with her daughter at any level.

However, in July this year, when the victim’s mother sent her to a seamstress to fix her uniform, she rather took it to Opata, who took advantage of the situation and defiled her.

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In September, the victim informed her mother about the alleged abuse, which she said Opata had warned her against disclosing to anyone.

When the case was reported to the Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra, a medical form was issued for her to send the victim to a Hospital for examination.

Opata was, subsequently, arrested.

Source: GNA

The image captured by the camera is also believed to be that of the same person who murdered one Joshua, a coconut seller by the Tema-Akosombo road.

A reliable security source who spoke to The Chronicle said the murderer applied the same modus operandi using concrete blocks to hit the back of the heads of the victims. After the killing, the murderer surgically extracted their eyes and tongues.

The Chronicle’s independent investigation reveals that on that fateful night, the dual carriageway in the area where the crime was committed was temporarily blocked by unknown persons, making it impossible for vehicles to ply.

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Following the horrifying incident, the police, in the early hours of Monday September, 16 2019, assisted by armed personnel drawn from the Eastern Naval Command and First Battalion of Infantry descended on suspected criminal hideouts in the Tema Metropolis and Ashaiman Municipality.

The exercise was carried at Tema New Town, Community 5000 in the defunct Meridian Hotel enclave, and Tulaku near where Joshua, the coconut seller was killed.

Meanwhile, the police at Afienya have arrested a notorious criminal, Francis Nutufe Kwaku Azumah, 34, a mason, alleged to have led some daring armed robbery escapades in the jurisdiction.

The Afienya District Police Commander, Superintendent Asiamah Agyei, who confirmed the arrest to The Chronicle, stated that an accomplice in these robberies, only known as Kobby, is at large and has, therefore, been declared wanted.

According to Superintendent Agyei, the suspect and his gang had been terrorising residents of Newland, Mataheko and Jerusalem, among other areas with impunity. He mentioned that some months ago, the criminal group attacked the home of a businesswoman in Newland, and at gunpoint robbed her of cash and other valuables.

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In the early hours of last Thursday morning, the police boss intimated that Azumah allegedly led an onslaught in the area and robbed, at least, five homes.

In another development, Inusa Musah reports from Prampram that the Prampram District Police had picked Ali Kofi Sewanu as a suspect in the gruesome murder and burning of a family of three at Zutsukope, a farming community at Tsopoli, a suburb of the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region.

Joshua Koranteng Oman, 35, his wife and three-year-old child were ambushed, killed and set ablaze by unknown assailants at about 8pm last Thursday night when they were on their way home after fetching water from a stream.

The deceased were charred beyond recognition, but their Nissan Hardbody pickup, with registration number GW 8970 V, aided neighbours to locate their immediate relations to break the gory news to them.

On Monday, September 16, The Chronicle gathered that the Ningo-Prampram District Police Command had arrested an uncle of Joshua Oman, Ali Kofi Sewanu, as a suspect in the dastardly act.

Though the police had commenced investigations into the criminal act, the mother of the deceased, Amuosie Apenti, told The Chronicle at the police station that sometime in August this year, her son, the deceased, requested that the extended family give him a parcel of land to embark upon shifting cultivation.

The farmland he had been cultivating for over a decade had lost fertility, so the deceased hardly harvested good crop yields, Madam Amousie explained.

“At the family meeting, my brother [suspect] told my son that if he made a move to take another farmland from the family, he would wipe him off from the earth. In fact, the statement was deep, so some of the family elders reported the matter to the Ningo Traditional Council for arbitration.

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“Arbitration did not travel far, only to hear the devastating death of my son, his wife and child,” she told the press in the Dangbe language.

Madam Amousie expressed confidence in the police at getting to the bottom of the matter and allow the law to deal with the actors.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammed Issah Cantona, Ningo-Prampram District Police Commander, told media personnel that the police would rely on vital information to arrest all the actors in the murder.

He said statements had been taken from three family members, “and we are going to invite more of them to help us in our investigations.” Meanwhile, the charred remains of the three have been deposited at the Police Hospital.

Source: thechronicle.com.gh

A joint Police and Military team on Monday morning, as part of nationwide swoops, stormed Madina in the Greater Accra region and arrested about 360 suspected criminals.

The operation followed similar swoops at Kasoa Budumburam in the Central region and the Western region.

Speaking in an interview with Adomonline.com, the Accra Regional Police Operations Commander, Chief Superintendent Kwesi Ofori said the operation was based on police intelligence.

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“A police and military joint team this morning stormed REDCO Flats between Madina and Adentan, as part of special exercise aimed at suspected criminals; robbery, drug peddlers, and arrested suspected criminals,” he said.

“About 360 people have been arrested and taken to the headquarters for investigations and those found guilty will be put before court,” he said.

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Some residents told Adomonline.com that they were excited about the operation and hoped it would continue.

Source: Adomonline.com | Gertrude Otchere

Emmanuel Adjei, an electrical welder apprentice, was found guilty by the Bekwai Court for possessing cannabis without authority.

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Master Adjei was arrested by the Feyiase police on June 24, 2019, at a popular pub at Aputuogya during a police patrol operation at drug peddling joints in the area.

Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Ofori, told the Court, presided over Frederick Nawurah, that the accused claimed ownership of 55 wraps of the dried leaves concealed in a black polythene bag.

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After a thorough investigation at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Accra, the weed proved positive for Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabinol and cannabinol, all active ingredients in cannabis and weighed 13.76 grams.

The accused was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for illegally possessing marijuana contrary to Section 2 [1] of PNDC Law 236/90.

Source: Ghana I Nhyira FM | Ohemeng Tawiah | ohemengtawiah@gmail.com

The victim, Kofi Brentuo is said to be in critical condition after one Nana Asamoah reportedly fired at him three times at close range.

He was rushed to nearby Manhyia Hospital but was referred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

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It is unclear what the con triggered the confrontation but eye-witnesses suspect it is work-related as Nana Asamoah pulled a gun in Brentuo’s shop.

Personnel from Manhyia Police Divisional Command were called immediately to restore order as some supporters of Brentuo attempted a reprisal attack.

An eye- witness and resident of  K.O, Nana Kwabena Ntansuo who rushed the victim first to the Manhyia Hospital says he was awakened by the sound of three gunshots.

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“I was awakened from sleep by sounds of three gunshots. I followed up and saw the man who had been shot almost on the ground so I advised he be sent to hospital immediately. We quickly rushed him there in a taxi,” he narrated in Twi.

According to him, the two goldsmiths whose shops are not far from each other have disagreements over a gold deal.

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“I hear they had disagreement over gold. He was falling over when I got to the scene. Police personnel have been looking for traces of blood but there is none here,” he said.

Nana Asamoah has since been arrested and placed in police custody.

The incident comes just hours after police declared a spiritualist wanted over the death of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo.

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The suspects were identified as Okai Samuel, 26, a student of Coaltar Senior High School and Prince Owusu Ansah, 27, also a student of Accra Technical University.

The Eastern regional Public Relations Officer of PDS, Mary Eshun, who confirmed the incident to Adom News, said the two were put before court on Friday.

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“The Kibi Magistrate Court has remanded the two suspects into police custody and they are set to reappear on September 21,” he said.

Speaking in an interview with Adom News, the residents disclosed they apprehended the suspects and handed them over to the police after suspecting them of being imposters.

“They disconnected power supply to the homes of customers who had defaulted in the payment of their bills and refused to give them an undisclosed amount of money they requested and completely removed the postpaid meters of customers,” the residents said.

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Farouk Omar and Jude Donkor, accused, who denied conspiring to rob Mr Georges Somian Ehouman, the marketing officer, would re-appear in court on August 21.

Police Inspector Samuel Ahiabor told the court, presided by Mrs Ruby Naa Adjeley Quaison that Mr Ehouman, the complainant, is a resident of Dansoman in Accra, and the accused also lived at Dome, also a suburb of Accra.

He said on July 29, this year, at about 9:30pm, accused attacked the complainant, who was in possession of a bag and was walking along the Nima-Circle highway towards the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange.

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Inspt Ahiabor said on reaching a section of the road near Busy Internet, Omar and Donkor, who were riding an unregistered motorcycle, suddenly crossed him and threatened to stab him with a knife if he failed to hand over his bag and mobile phone to them.

Prosecution said the complainant sensing danger, handed over his bag containing an HP laptop, valued at GH¢1,600.00, a Samsung A30 mobile phone, valued at GH¢1,190.00, a cash of GH¢400.00, among other valuables to the accused, and they sped off on the motorcycle with the booty.

Inspt Ahiabor said the complainant reported the case to the Holy Gardens Police, at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. 

He said a police patrol team arrested Omar at Achimota, in Accra, explaining that the team signaled the accused to stop, but they refused, and they were chased until they were involved in an accident around Alogboshie, a suburb of Achimota.

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Inspector Ahiabor said Donkor, the pillion rider escaped with the bag whilst Omar was arrested and handed over to the Mile Seven police.

On July 30, the police led the complainant to the Mile Seven police station, and he identified Omar as one of the persons, who robbed him.

Insp Ahabor said during investigations, Omar mentioned Donkor as an accomplice, and he was later arrested.

He said all the stolen items except the money were retrieved, and after investigations, they were charged and put before court.

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Kwadwo Duku, believed to be in his late forties, has allegedly shot dead his nephew identified as Kennedy Asi during a bush hunting.

Information gathered by Adom News from an elder of the family, Abusuapanin Nana Yaw Kwakye suggested that the suspect fled to Côte d’Ivoire after committing the act on Friday.

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“He called us from Côte D’Ivoire that he mistakenly shot Kennedy during hunting in the bush at night but due to fear for his life, he has left the town,” he narrated.

“We went to the crime scene on Sunday and saw the body in a decomposed state and after police inspection, we buried him at the Akrofro cemetery,” he added.

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Meanwhile, Nana Kofi kumi, Akwamuhene of Akrofro said farmers with farms around the crime scene cannot access their lands until some rituals are performed to purify the land and pacify the gods.

The Police are yet to begin investigations to hunt down the suspect.

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According to the Konongo District Commander, Supt. Shaibu Osei Saddick, they received a report that a sprinter bus with registration number GR 145-15 has been used to steal 17 pieces of railway lines metals from the area.

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Speaking in an interview with Adom News, he disclosed that a patrol team, led by Sgt Sulemana Seidu with assistance from the Kumasi Regional Highway Patrol Team, arrested one of the suspects after a tip off from the Konongo Government Hospital.

“We got information from the Konongo-Odumasi Government Hospital that one Abdul Dramani, aged 33 years, was there with an injury on his left shoulder to seek medical attention which was suspected to be a gunshot injury.

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“We proceeded to the hospital and upon interrogation, he admitted being a member of the robbery gang and was arrested by the team,” he narrated.

According to Abdul Dramani, his gang abandoned the vehicle and the metals and fled into a nearby bush when they sighted a patrol team approaching the scene but he was shot.

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Meanwhile, the suspect under police guard is responding to treatment at the hospital as the police mount a search for the owner of the sprinter bus to help apprehend the driver and his accomplices.

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