The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced three men to a total of 120 years imprisonment for robbing the founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor.
The convicts Yakubu Yusif, the Central Regional Chairman of the GFP, Barnabas Kayese, Madam Donkor’s personal driver and Abdul Razak Shaibu, were found guilty of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.
They will each serve 20 years for each count which will run concurrently.
According to the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, the evidence that the convicts gave were full of half-truths and contradictions.
On December 30, 2016, Madam Donkor, in the company of Yusif and Kayase (who was driving), was in the car from Taifa to the Kotoka International Airport to catch a flight to the United States.
Prosecution explained that Madam Donkor decided to make a stopover at her house before heading to the airport.
“On reaching Sowutuom, a suburb of Accra, Shaibu, Joe and Nuamah, armed with guns, appeared on a motorbike behind the vehicle. As soon as Kayase spotted the armed men, he reduced the speed of the car and switched on double hazard to signal that Madam Donkor was in the car,’’ it said.
It added that Kayase immediately parked the car and Shaibu, Joe and Nuamah attacked Madam Donkor.
“The robbers dragged Madam Donkor from the vehicle and snatched her travelling bag containing $30,000, a plane ticket, a Ghanaian passport, a voter’s ID card and GH¢2,000 and escaped," the prosecution stated.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Thank you so much for mentioning the Nigerians. You have said it all my brother. God bless you Ro these Nigerians are taking our country from us in the name of AU and we sit down looking at them. Bad people. Have we forgotten how they killed and massacred Ghanaians in 1983? Bull ***barred word***
This shdnt be an issue... Lets find a way of sacking the nigerians frm our land... They are teaching our pple how to rob and the togolese are teaching them how to lie.... Pls lets arise and drive these bad guys frm our land... Aaaba
I never said in my post that when they serve their sentences concurrently they are going to serve 120 years. What I said or meant was that their total sentences is 120 years. However, concurrently means they are not going to serve consecutively so in effect they will serve 20 years each but their sentences will remain in the records as 40 years each.
Just shaking my head!!! Woyome is walking free, and many more white collar criminals will walk freely. We are a joke!!!
@ATSU.. YOU ARE WRONG. IT IS 60 YEARS IF EACH PERSON'S SENTENCE FOR THE TWO CRIMES RUN CONCURRENT.
The software pen ROBBERS must be celebrating!
The story said they will serve 20 years for each count of conspiracy to commit robbery, and robbery. So each will serve a total of 40 years for the two counts. However the sentences are to run concurrently which means they will be serving the two sentences at the same time and not separately. It means peacefmonline is not wrong.
peacefm paa, three people that will serve 20years each and u ate telling us 120years, where is ur editor?
Liers, it's not 120 year, it's 60 year, Why do you like exaggerating issue hur.