MAN JAILED 25 YEARS FOR 2022 MINING SITE ROBBERY AT MANSO AKWASISO
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his involvement in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, popularly known as “Fanta,” was arrested on February 16, 2026, after reportedly evading arrest for several years. He pleaded guilty to robbery under Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and was subsequently handed the custodial sentence by the court.
According to police reports, on March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence about a planned attack by a group of armed men from Manso Abodom targeting a mining site at Manso Akwasiso. The suspects were allegedly planning to rob the site owner of gold concentr...