Three people have been arrested and charged with conspiracy, impersonation and robbery
Three individuals have been arrested and charged with conspiracy, impersonation, robbery, preparation to commit crime, restriction on the use of military uniform and equipment, and being on premises for unlawful purpose. Isaac Amejor, Michael Baffour (also known as Mike), and Muntakilu Saddick are accused of posing as military and police officers, and a police investigator to rob a woman of GH¢4,950.00.
The trio allegedly conspired to form a syndicate that targeted innocent citizens and others who visited various financial institutions to transact financial services.
According to the prosecution, they would hire taxis to take them around and monitor clients who withdrew large sums of money. Once they came across potential victims, Saddick would pose as a detective dressed in casual wear mandated to enter banking halls. He would quickly describe the potential victims to his accomplices, who would be strategically positioned in the hired taxi to operate.
During their operations, Amejor would alight from the car and confront their victims by issuing instructions that he or she was under arrest, while Baffour, who was unlawfully dressed in military uniform, would join his colleagues to force the victims into the hired taxi. They would then order the driver to move the car immediately as they directed him on routes to use. They would rob their victims of monies in their possession, push them out of the car along the way, and thereafter share the booty.
The accused persons met at Kasoa toll booth and hired a taxi to convey them to Dansoman to engage in such robberies on clients of targeted financial institutions. They eventually settled on robbing victim Priscilla Quansah, a mobile money vendor, who had gone to the Dansoman Branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank to withdraw money. Saddick entered the banking hall disguised as a spy and spotted the victim, who had withdrawn GH¢4,950.00 from the merchant mobile phone she was using to work.
He quickly called his accomplices and described the dress code and features of the victim.
Amejor came out of the car and stopped the victim, informing her that she had been reported to them by her employer for engaging in an unspecified crime and was under arrest. He forced her into the back seat of the car, where she sat between the two accused persons in police and military uniforms, respectively. Baffour immediately sought to know how much she withdrew, and the victim mentioned GH¢4,000.00. He asked the driver to move the car and acted as instructed, directing the driver on the routes to use until they got to the entrance of a house, where the driver was ordered to stop the car.
Baffour alighted and ordered the victim to leave her bag containing the amount cashed together with an initial amount of GH¢950.00 and two cellular phones in her handbag to enable him to lead her to their boss, Mr. Appiah, in the house where the car had stopped. The victim tried to resist them, but she was forced out of the car, and her bag snatched from her hand and kept in the car while Baffour led her into the house. The trio paid the driver GH¢410.00 and shared the rest of the money. Mutakilu was given the android cellular phone of the victim as it was his turn to have it since his accomplices had benefitted from previous phones realized from their robbery activities.
The accused individuals have been remanded in custody due to the nature of the case and the fact that they do not have a fixed place of abode. They have pleaded not guilty to all the charges and will appear again in court on May 23, 2023. The prosecution has been ordered to file disclosures latest by May 17, 202.
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