The Tamale Circuit Court led by His Honour Alexandra Owarae, On 27th of January 2022. Sentence five Carjackers for 75 years in prison after been found guilty of car snatching, in the Northern part of Ghana.
The convicted criminals whose names and ages was confirmed, are Yissif Mustapha 23, Seyram Addo 34, Adjei Benjamin 23, Ibrahim Issah 27, and Vivor Christopher 27. Another suspect who was arrested in connection of the carjacking, was identified as Mahama Nashiru 28.
Mahama Nashiru was believed to be an informer, aiding the gang by providing them with the vital informations that leads to heinous crime, he appeared before the Tamale Circuit Court, but he denial all the charges brought against him.
He was granted bail o GHC50,000.00 Cedis with two sureties, he is expected to reappear in court on the 3rd of February, 2022.
Meanwhile the five Carjackers convicts has been handed a 15 Years jail sentence each after been found guilty of snatching a Toyota Camry Salon Car from it rightful owner.
Background
On the 23rd January this year, the five fleeing a robbery scene were stop at a checkpoint at Buipe in the Savannah Region, a search conducted on them by the Police Officer, revealed they were in possession of 13 assorted mobile phones, one Falcon Foreign Pistol loaded with 9mm ammunition, a wallet containing a bunch of keys together with two handcuffs keys, two Voter’s ID Cards, Melcom card, Access Bankcard, and cash the sum of GHC21.20p. Some Military uniforms, Police Ballistic helmets, and police uniforms were also found in the Toyota Camry Spider with registration number GX6923-20.
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At the time of the arrest one of the suspect Mustapha Yussif, was in full Military uniform. But Ghana Armed Forces have swiftly distanced themselves from the suspect allegedly dress as military man.
in a statement signed by the signed by Andy La-Anyone, Commander Acting Director Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces said “We wish to state categorically that the suspect is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces. The Armed Forces are worried about the rising spate of impersonation by civilians, either wearing military uniforms or posting of fake pictures of themselves as military officers to defraud unsuspecting Ghanaians.”
