Two WASSCE candidates have been arrested for cell phone theft.
Three students, including two candidates for the ongoing West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), have been arrested in the Eastern region by the Odumase Krobo Police for theft.
The WASSCE candidates were apprehended by police after writing one of the subjects in their examination hall.
The three suspects (names withheld) are accused of stealing two Infinix mobile phones and Ghc1,280 in cash the day before the Ghana Electricity Company restored power to the Krobo area.
"On the 18th of August, I returned from work around 8:00 pm," the complainant, Eric Tetteh Boafo, a resident of Nuaso Odjam in Odumase Krobo, told Starr News. My wife had taken a trip. I abandoned my three-year-old daughter for someone else. I immediately returned home, went for her, and put her to bed. I slept in the room until around 9:00 p.m. I made a call that took 1:52 seconds, and then I decided to take a bath. I only spent about ten minutes. Before I returned, two mobile phones - all Infinix Hot 12i and Hot 8 - and GHc1,280 were taken. One phone was taken from the hall and placed on the center table, followed by another phone taken from the bedroom, and the money was placed in a bag placed in the wardrobe. There were two guys (students) with whom we stayed in the house before I went into the bathroom, but they were all outside in front of their rooms. The house is a gated compound house with two ends that are structured like a compound house."
Mr. Boafo went on to say that when confronted, the students denied any knowledge of the theft.
"When I returned from the room, I met these boys and told them my phones were missing and that if they could give me their phones so I could call my number, they said their phones were off due to the power outage." I had to rush to a nearby house for my brother, but his phone was also turned off, so he took me to a place where a man gave us his phone after we tried all two numbers all well off. .....the only reason I saw these two boys again was because they pretended to be looking for the missing phones as well."
The complainant reported the incident to police, but he also launched his own investigation.
On August 24, 2022, he replaced his registered SIM card at the MTN office, but the suspects used Ghc26 worth of airtime.
He requested an itemized bill from the MTN office in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital, to aid his investigation.
"Then, on Thursday, September 1, 2022, I was in Koforidua and decided to go to the regional office, where I lodged the same complaint and they kept me waiting." So they advised me to request an itemized bill. I did it with my ID card, then I went there, and they gave me a sheet with transactions that occurred on my line.
"When I got home, I discovered five contacts." So I quickly sent these five contacts to my hood boys. They then began using true caller. As a result of the true caller, we discovered a name. Someone advised that if you want to know the details of a contact, including images, you must purchase the premium of the true caller, so I sent it to a guy who purchased it. So, if you dial the numbers I gave you, it will take you directly to the person's social media accounts, where you can get to know his pictures.
“So the second number we entered took as to a WhatsApp status picture before the true caller gave us a certain name. The same number sent us to the WhatsApp profile picture then immediately I identified the face that face was one of the first guys I met when I returned and realized my phone was missing. Then another number took to one of the guy's Facebook accounts. So we got his images. Then that person was also around us and was in the house that very day. Then another number out of the five -gave as nicknames and facia images of the suspects”.
The evidence was presented to the police which led to the arrest of the suspects on Friday, September 2, 2022.
So I went back to the police to report. Before going to the police we were able to identify where these guys were schooling so two of the three were final-year students. The next morning, around 10:00 am we were in one of the secondary schools. Quickly after finishing the paper, the prime suspect picked him up in the exams Hall immediately after the paper ended. Then we moved straight to the second person to pick him up as well. A third person was also picked”
The students admitted the offence but said one of the phones had been sold as Somanya whilst the other has flashed.
The suspect students were bailed by their parents the next day.
The parents entered agreement with the police to pay for the cost of the stolen items within a month.
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