Five highway robbers remanded
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded five Fulani herdsmen from Burkina Faso and their Ghanaian accomplice for allegedly robbing 12 passengers at gunpoint at Amanfrom along the Seneso-Atebubu road in the Brong Ahafo Region.
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They were said to have used logs to block the road and robbed their victims of GH¢4,000, mobile phones and other valuables.
They are Awudu Salifu, Seidu Alhassan, Issaka Amadu, Lukeman Issifu, Ali Illiasu, all Burkinabes, and Christian Owusu, a Ghanaian.
They were charged with conspiracy to commit crime and robbery but they pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr George Amega, told the court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, that the complainants were a businessman and passengers who were all residents of Atebubu and its environs.
He said between 6.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on June 10, 2014, the complainants who were on a KIA truck with registration number, GT 3702—09 and other vehicles were stopped by the armed robbers.
The gun and machete-wielding robbers, he said, blocked the road with logs, subjected each victim to a thorough body search and robbed them of their values after which they asked them to lie prostrate on the road.
“Through such process, the robbers deprived their victims of money amounting to GH¢4,000, assorted mobile phones and other valuables,” he said.
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ASP Amega said a day prior to the robbery, Awudu Salifu, accompanied by Seidu Alhassan, hired a tricycle from one Abel Gyimah, one of the robbery victims, to convey their cattle from Kabre Nkwanta to Atebubu.
During the robbery, Awudu unconsciously demanded that Gyimah surrender the money he charged him for using his tricycle to convey his cattle the previous day.
After the robbery, Gyimah rushed home and reported the incident to the police, and gave Awudu away as one of the robbers.
“Based on this intelligence Awudu and Alhassan were apprehended. They admitted the offence and led the police to arrest their accomplices,” he added.