Kwaku Issahaku is alleged to have stolen a one-door unit air conditioner, valued at GHC4,000, a Hyundai Santafe bumper, valued at GHC800 and Hyundai Santafe door, valued at GHC1,000 belonging to the SIC.

Issahaku, charged with unlawful entry and stealing, pleaded not guilty.

He is said to have told the police that he scaled the wall of the SIC yard on September 27, 2025, to fetch firewood.

The court has admitted him to bail in the sum of GHC5,000 with two sureties.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Apeweh Achana, said the complainant was the System Administrator of a security firm at North Industrial Area, Kaneshie, while the accused person was a resident of Konkomba, Accra.

On September 27, a witness in the case, Sakibu Fataw, who works with Lions Security Company, was detailed as a private security guard at SIC, South Industrial Area.

The court heard that at about 5:30 pm, the security guard heard a strange noise inside the yard, upon which he followed up.

The security guard spotted Issahaku carrying the one-door unit Air-conditioner, one Hyundai Santafe door, and a Hyundai Santafe bumper belonging to the SIC.

The accused person was arrested together with the items and sent to the Kaneshie Police Station.

During investigations, he admitted the offence and said he scaled the company’s fence wall in search of firewood.

Source: GNA

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The conviction follows his guilty plea to the charge of stealing when he appeared before the court on March 5, 2025.

Chief Inspector Henry Tetteh Nartey, prosecuting, said Tahiru is a Nigerien who resides at Fitter Line, a suburb of Ashaiman.

He explained that on February 26, 2025, the Gbetsile District Police were on their usual night patrol duty when they spotted him holding a black polythene bag containing some heavy items.

The police became suspicious and apprehended him. Upon searching the bag, they discovered six stopcocks, six safety valves, and one return valve, valued at GH¢3,250, belonging to Ghana Water Limited (GWL).

The prosecutor stated that the police subsequently arrested Tahiru and sent him to the Afienya Police Station. During interrogation, he admitted to stealing the items from some residents in the area.

He was therefore charged with stealing and placed in custody before being processed for court.

Meanwhile, Dr. Samuel Eson, the Regional Chief Manager for the Tema Region of GWL, expressed gratitude to the court for the judgment. He noted that the company has recently faced a rise in meter theft, which has negatively impacted its operations.

He appealed to residents to be vigilant and report such suspected individuals to the police.

He also cautioned scrap dealers and others engaged in stealing GWL installations to desist from the act, warning that those caught would face the full rigors of the law.

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The court, presided over by Mrs Klorkor Okai-Mills, handed Sanusi, a Nigerien, the sentence after pleading guilty to the charge of causing harm to the victim Mr Vincent Akpotaka on his left rib and back.

Presenting the facts of the case, the prosecutor Inspector Jacob Kuubal, said the victim was a security guard at Sentuo Oil Refinery in the Tema Industrial Area, who in January 2024, bought some of Sanusi’s medicine valued at Gh 50.00 on credit, promising to pay later.

He said on February 12, 2024, at about 18:30 hours, the convict went to the victim at his abode on the premises of his workplace and demanded for his money.

However, the complainant explained to him that he did not have cash on him as his money was on his mobile money wallet.

He said the victim claimed it would be difficult to withdraw cash because the mobile money agents in the area had already closed.

The victim therefore instructed the convict to come back in the morning for his money, but it did not go down well with him, leading to an exchange of words between the two.

It developed into a scuffle during which Sanusi removed the scissors he had concealed and stabbed the complainant under his left rib and his back, resulting in deep-cut wounds.

The prosecutor added that Sanusi took to his heels after he saw the victim bleeding profusely from the deep-cut wounds he inflicted on him, but he was pursued by witnesses, arrested and handed over to the Lube Oil Police Station, where he was cautioned.

He said a police medical report was issued to the complainant to attend any government hospital for treatment, indicating that on February 18, 2024, at about 20:00 hours, a surgery was conducted on him at the Tema General Hospital, where he was receiving treatment.

He said the police had earlier visited the victim at the hospital and interacted with Dr Iddi Sumaili on February 14, 2024, at about 09:15 hours, who explained that the omentum tissue under the skin of the stomach of the complainant was out and visible in the wound, and needed a surgery to check if any of his internal organs were damaged.

Inspector Kuubal said the doctor said during the surgery it was detected that the victim sustained internal bleeding between the abdominal and pelvic cavities (hemoperitoneum), while his stomach lining was perforated.

He added that the victim, who was detained at the social welfare department of the hospital for his inability to pay his medical bills, had since been discharged after some benevolent people contributed and paid the bill.

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Jussif Adumbila who was charged with stealing pleaded guilty.

The court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah convicted him on his own plea and sentenced him.

Meanwhile, he pleaded not guilty to unlawful entry and threat of death, and he is expected to reappear before the court on January 17, this year, for trial to commence on those charges.

Police Inspector Dzigbordi Nego, prosecuting, told the court that the complainant was a National Security Operative.

The prosecution said on December 16, last year, at about 18:30 p.m., the accused person jumped the wall of the National Security bungalow at Roman Ridge and stole two water taps.

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It said when the complainant questioned the accused person, he threatened to stab him with a knife he was holding.

The prosecution said the complainant with the assistance of a witness in the case arrested the accused person and took him to the Kotobabi Police Station and lodged a complaint. 

The facts of the case presented by the Prosecutor Detective Sergeant Kaitoo Bernard are that the complainant Salifu Kassim is a driver residing at Pekyi Number 2 in Kumasi while the convict is a scrap dealer residing at Sukura in Accra.

The second accused person Hussein Mubarak, 30, is also an old spare parts dealer who resides at Aboabo in Kumasi.

In the month of January 2022, the complainant was in charge of Man diesel trailer truck with registration number AW3814-13 loaded with cashew from Kumasi to Accra but on reaching Paradise Resort at Akyem Nsutem near Bunso, the truck engine broke down.

The cashew was offloaded into a different truck to Accra.

The faulty truck was parked within the yard of Paradise Resort awaiting a new engine to be fixed.

On March 4, 2021, the convict Alhassan Ziblim clandestinely managed to tow the truck to Accra and cut it into spare parts.

On March 5, 2021, the convict sold the engine, axel, gearbox and trailer flat body at a cost of Ghc 60,000.00 to the second accused person Hussein Mubarak.

The second accused person after buying same sent the engine, and axel gearbox to his spare parts shop at Kumasi -Suame Magazine.

The trailer flat body was sent to Ashaiman.

The driver of the vehicle in the company of his caretaker Frederick Ofori reported the case to the police.

The mechanics who has been working on the said truck engine visited the second accused person’s shop to buy spare parts and in the process found the engine belonging to the said truck in the shop.

Witness confronted the second accused person and he mentioned Alhassan Ziblim as the person who sold the said parts to him.

On April 13, 2021, upon interrogation, the second accused person gave the police hint of the hide-out of the convict leading to his arrest in Accra Central and brought to the Bunso police station in the Eastern region.

In the course of the investigation, the exhibits were retrieved from the second accused person in Kumasi and Ashaiman respectively.

They were charged and arraigned, however, after almost a year of full trial, Alhassan Ziblim was found guilty convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the offence of stealing contrary to section 124(1) of Criminal offences Act 1960(Act 29).

However, the second accused Hussein Mubarak was discharged after a submission of no case was filed.

Isaah Zimmaleh aka Alex has been charged with conspiracy, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing.

His accomplices whose names were given as Red and one Haruna are on the run. Zimmaleh pleaded not guilty.

The court admitted him to bail in the sum of GHC50,000.00 with four sureties, two of whom are to be family relations. He is to report to the Police once a week.

The matter has been adjourned to February 10.

Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Martin Adu Acheampong said the complainant Nana Kwesi Djin is a student residing at East Airport in Accra.

Prosecution said Zimmaleh resides at Ablekuma and on December 7, 2020, at about 1630 hours, the complainant received a distressed call from a security man known as James Manasseh at Yadco Ghana Limited that some people were cutting the automatic sieving and aggregate grading plank machine valued GHC1,175,000.00 behind the factory and loading the parts into a truck.

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Prosecution said the complainant immediately proceeded to the scene and on reaching there saw a truck with registration number ER 375-Q loaded with some parts of the machine and leaving the scene.

Chief Inspector Acheampong said the complainant told one Red with others at the scene to stop the truck from leaving but the driver of the vehicle ignored him.

Prosecution said Haruna, the third accused managed to escape after pretending to be stopping the truck driver.

He said Zimmaleh also managed to escape on a motor bike driven by one Mohammed Majid.

Prosecution said Zimmaleh was however arrested through Police Intelligence and during investigations he told the Police that he and Haruna bought the machine from Red.

He said the accused however failed to lead the Police to where the goods were transported to and also the place of abode of his accomplices.

The prosecution said efforts were underway to apprehend his accomplices as well as retrieve the goods.