The Bekwai Circuit Court has handed down a 25-year jail sentence to a 30-year-old man after convicting him over a robbery incident at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The robbery occurred in 2022; however, the convict, identified as Dominic Ofori, was arrested on February 16, 2026, after being on the run for years.
He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court upon his arraignment to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
Robbery
On 20th March 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate.
Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St. Martin’s Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum.
Dominic Ofori escaped at the time.
“The Ashanti South Regional Police Command assures the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice,” it said in a statement.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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