The Ashaiman circuit court sitting in the
Greater Accra Region of Ghana, has
sentenced five young men to a total of 150
years in jail with hard labour for robbery.
The convicts are Rashid Nurudin alias
Torgbor, 20, a sprayer; Prince Tetteh
Agormeda, 18, a commercial motorbike
rider; Saviour Feda, 21, a conductor; Kelvin
Baah,19, a commercial motorbike rider and
Francis Kwasi,19, a bus conductor.
The five young men were slapped with 30
years’ imprisonment each by the court,
presided over by Gabriel Mate-Teye, in
connection with a robbery case which took
place at Zenu in the Kpone-Katamansu
District in 2016.
They were charged with two counts of
conspiracy to commit crime and robbery.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges but
after almost a year-long trial, they were
found guilty of the offences and sentenced
to 30 years on each count, but all to run
concurrently.
Briefing the media after the court verdict
yesterday, the Ashaiman Divisional Police
Commander, Chief Superintendent Fleance
Senam Adikah, stated that on June 11, 2016,
at about 1:30 am, the armed robbers
attacked one Stella Afedo who resides at
Zenu, together with her daughter at
gunpoint.
According to him, the robbers budged into
the victim’s 3-bedroom apartment through
the back door of the kitchen and robbed the
complainant of her 42-inch Samsung
television set, one Tablet mobile phone, and
one laptop, all amounting to GH¢72,00, and
cash of GH¢600.00.
Chief Superintendent Adikah further added
that the convicts went into hiding after
committing the crime, until they were
apprehended on August 5, 2016, following
a tip-off.
He stated that Nurudin was the first to be
arrested at his residence at Zenu, and
subsequently aided the police to arrest his
other accomplices.
