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Police Restore Calm After Violent Mob Attack on Kwame Danso Court and Police Station
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Police Restore Calm After Violent Mob Attack on Kwame Danso Court and Police Station

The Bono East Regional Police Command has restored calm at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District following a violent mob attack on the District Court and the District Police Headquarters on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. According to the Police, the incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. while proceedings were underway at the Kwame Danso District Court. An irate mob, estimated at about 100 youths, besieged the court premises, attacking individuals present and vandalizing court property, including furniture and ceiling fans. During the disturbance, the mob forcibly removed two accused persons who were standing trial and assaulted the complainant in the case, disrupting judicial proceedings and creating panic within the court premises. The situation escalated when the youths later mov...
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Police Arraign 34 Suspects Over Ahwerase Shooting Incident
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Police Arraign 34 Suspects Over Ahwerase Shooting Incident

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arraigned thirty-four (34) suspects, including six (6) traditional leaders, in connection with the violent disturbances that occurred at Ahwerase in the Eastern Region during a ritual to lift the ban on noise-making ahead of the annual Odwira Festival. The unfortunate incident resulted in the death of one individual, identified as Isaac Nana Kwasi, and left three others injured. The injured persons are currently receiving medical treatment at the Aburi Presbyterian Hospital (KOM), while the body of the deceased has been deposited for preservation and autopsy. According to a statement from the Police, the suspects have been charged with rioting with offensive weapons and causing unlawful harm. Investigations revealed that the disturbances erupte...
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Nine Suspects Arraigned Over Darkuman Violent Attack
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Nine Suspects Arraigned Over Darkuman Violent Attack

The Accra Regional Police Command has arraigned nine suspects before the Adabraka District Court in connection with a violent assault on one Mutala Yayaa at Darkuman on September 10, 2025. A video of the incident, which has been widely circulated on social media, shows the complainant being brutally attacked by a group of men. According to police reports, the suspects allegedly used dangerous weapons, including a cutlass, axe, and scissors, leaving the victim with deep wounds on his head and body. The accused persons have been identified as Bernard Tagoe, alias Asa Sese, Nii Eric Martey, Michael Lokko, Felix Adu Mensah, Habib Gusamu, Solomon Assan, Kwame Khalid, Jacob Addy, and Gideon Arthur. Four other suspects, said to have participated in the attack, are currently on the run. They...
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Volta Police secure 19 year jail term for armed robber in Ho
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Volta Police secure 19 year jail term for armed robber in Ho

The Volta Regional Police Command has secured a major legal victory with the successful conviction and sentencing of a notorious armed robber, Paul Avortide, popularly known as “Tinted.” The 25-year-old was handed a 19-year sentence with hard labour by the Ho Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. According to police reports, the incident occurred on May 21, 2025, at around 4:00 a.m. at Tsikpota near New Housing, Ho. The convict, wielding a machete, attacked a pregnant woman identified as Ogechi Chidiebere, a Nigerian national residing in Ho, while she was en route to the Ho Municipal Hospital for antenatal care. Avortide robbed her of GH¢3,000.00 and a Tecno Spark 30c mobile phone valued at GH¢2,500.00. Following weeks of investigations, a breakthrough came on June 19, 2025, when p...
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Dangerous, drunk driver remanded in custody
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Dangerous, drunk driver remanded in custody

A 50-year-old driver, Richard Botwe, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a fatal accident. His plea was not taken, and he is expected to reappear before the court on July 11, 2025. Police Inspector Kwaku Frimpong, presenting the facts, told the court presided over by Mr. Robert Addo, that the accused is a professional driver. On June 11, at about 0600 hours, Botwe was driving a Kia Rio with registration number AS 9519-19 from Abuakwa towards Bibiani. Upon reaching Atwima-Mim township, he reportedly veered off his lane and collided head-on with an oncoming school bus belonging to Mim Life Gate International School, with r...
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Court grants fake doctor GHC100,000.00 bail
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Court grants fake doctor GHC100,000.00 bail

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC100,000.00 bail to Frederick Papa Kow-Assifuah, the fake doctor who was arrested at Kasoa Crispo in the Central Region, with two sureties to be justified. The sureties should be justified with a landed property while the land’s certificate should be deposited with the Court’s Registry. Kow-Assifuah, a 30-year-old trader, denied he wilfully and falsely used the title “Dr,’’ professing to practice medicine without being registered and defrauding six people. He is to return to the Court on June 25, 2025. Chief Inspector Wisdom Alorwu, giving the facts, said Madam Genevieve Appau Tete, Madam Sandra Boateng and Madam Sandra Ewuradwoa Arhin are the complainants. He said Kow-Assifuah, the accused person, was a resident of Kasoa Krispol City and...
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Court Jails Man 15 Years for Motorbike Robbery in Upper West Region
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Court Jails Man 15 Years for Motorbike Robbery in Upper West Region

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nawaf Abdulai, to 15 years imprisonment for his involvement in a series of motorbike robberies in the Upper West Region. According to a police statement, the suspect, together with an accomplice, Awal Abass—who is currently at large—robbed two victims of their Haojue and Luojia motorbikes bearing registration numbers M-21-449 UW and M-17-4607 UW, respectively. The robbery occurred on March 6, 2025. In a swift response, the Upper West Regional Police Command arrested Nawaf Abdulai at his residence on March 8, 2025. During interrogation, Abdulai admitted to the crime. The case was subsequently prosecuted in court. Delivering judgment on April 7, 2025, His Lordship Jonathan Avoogo of the Wa Circuit Court sentenced Abdulai to 15 ye...
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Businessman accused of murdering Ahmed Suale denied bail
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Businessman accused of murdering Ahmed Suale denied bail

 The Madina District Court 2 on Wednesday turned down the bail application of Daniel Owusu Koranteng, a businessman, being held in connection with the murder of investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussien Suale. The court after listening to the prosecution and defence counsel, remanded Koranteng, 35, in police custody till April 17, 2025. Prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Nana Afua Bamfoa, read out amended charges and facts sheet to Koranteng when he made his second appearance before the court. The court, presided by Susana Nyakotey, did not take the plea of Koranteng, 35, who is being held on charges of abetment of crime and murder. He was earlier held for murder. Koranteng allegedly abetted with two others, at large, to com­mit a crime to wit murder, and also accused of mu...
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Court denies two bails over alleged robbery at Abura  
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Court denies two bails over alleged robbery at Abura  

The Cape Coast Circuit Court II has remanded two unemployed men Adjei Mensah, 20 and Philip Ackon, 25 into police custody for allegedly robbing two sisters at knife point at Abura, a suburban Cape Coast.   The accused persons reside at Abura Baaware, a suburb of Cape Coast.  The Court presided over by Ms Nana Aba Kwaiba Nunoo, had earlier granted the two bails in the sum of 10,000 Cedis with three sureties each, but they could not fulfil the bail terms.   They will make their next appearance on Friday, February 28.   Narrating the case to the court, the Prosecutor, Inspector Joseph Laare, said the complainant, Ms Rosemary Bortier, 19 years old is a shop attendant and a resident of Abura Academy.   He said on Tuesday October 24, last year at...
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Two pals jailed 16 months for stealing
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Two pals jailed 16 months for stealing

Two friends, who stole gold bearing stones valued GH¢15,000 from a grinding machine shop in Kaniankor Top, a suburb of Nsuaem, have been sentenced to a total of 16 months' imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One. Ibrahim Asante and his accomplice, Kwame Ntiamoah, both galamsey operators, would each serve eight months imprisonment. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and stealing. Inspector of Police Patrick Essien, Prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mr Charles Owusu Nsiah that the complainant, Francis Ankomah, owns a grinding machine shop in Kaniankor Top, and resided in the same community with the convicts. He said Asante worked for the complainant in his grinding machine shop for a fee for a couple of months. Prosecution said on...
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