Bekwai Circuit Court Jails 3 Persons for Robbery
The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced three persons to 20 and 22 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for robbery at Adansi Akwaaku near New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region.
The convicts are Eric Afful alias Nana Yeboah, 21, a commercial motor rider; Abdul Ganiu, 24, also a commercial motor rider; and David Mensah alias Rasta, 26, unemployed.
The court, presided over by His Honour Issac Appiatu on September 8, 2026, sentenced Eric Afful to 20 years on Count Two, abetment of robbery, and discharged him on Count One, conspiracy.
His accomplices, Abdul Ganiu and David Mensah, were each sentenced to 15 years on Count One, conspiracy to commit robbery, and 22 years on Count Three, robbery. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Facts
According to the facts as presented by Prosecutor G/L/Cpl. Peter Oduro, the complainant, Derrick Arthur, is a gold buyer at Adansi Nkrankese, while Eric Afful is his friend and okada rider.
On September 3, 2026, at about 6:10 p.m., Eric Afful met Abdul Ganiu and David Mensah at Mensah’s house at Kojo Mankrong and told them he owed Ben an amount of GH¢2,000, which he needed to repay to retrieve his seized motorbike.
He then sought their help to steal money from the complainant, whom he usually conveys to transact his gold business and Abdul Ganiu and David Mensah consented.
At about 8:00 p.m. the same day, the complainant called Eric Afful to pick him from Nkrankese to Ataase Nkwanta for a MoMo transaction. Afful quickly informed Abdul Ganiu and David Mensah, conveyed them to a cocoa farm along the Akwaaku road, and hid them there.
While carrying the complainant, Afful deliberately slowed down and veered into the hideout, where Abdul Ganiu attacked the complainant with a cassava stick and forcibly snatched his backpack containing a digital mining scale valued at GH¢1,500, melting gas valued at GH¢800, two pounds of gold valued at GH¢22,000 and cash of GH¢10,000.
When the complainant attempted to pursue Abdul Ganiu, David Mensah pulled a cutlass on him and took his iPhone 12 mini, valued at GH¢2,500.
Abdul Ganiu and David Mensah later sent the booty to Mensah’s house where they spent the night. The complainant reported the incident at the Police barrier at Kojo Mankrong.
On September 4, 2026, Eric Afful went to Mensah’s house where the three shared GH¢6,000 from the complainant’s backpack.
Police arrested David Mensah at Apagya, who confessed and led officers to arrest Eric Afful at Obonsu and Abdul Ganiu at Asonkore.
A search of them retrieved GH¢2,000 from Eric Afful, GH¢2,000 from Abdul Ganiu, and the iPhone 12 mini and GH¢2,705 from David Mensah.
The backpack was also retrieved from the cocoa farm, but the two pounds of gold were missing.
Source: CNR
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