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The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced three men to 20 years imprisonment each for their roles in a violent armed robbery incident that occurred at Bene-ne-Bene near Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The convicts Peter Boadi, alias Kwao Ziggy, Daniel Kwaku Owusu and Eric Kwaku Danso were found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery, contrary to Sections 23(1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). According to the Ashanti Regional South Police Intelligence Directorate (PID), “The robbery occurred on April 29, 2024, at about 11:00 p.m., when four armed men attacked two Chinese nationals and two Ghanaians, identified as Joseph Eghan (39) and Joseph Boadu (29).” The victims were returning from the Bene-ne-Bene Forest near Jacobu after loading excavators for transport to Anwiankwanta when the robbers intercepted them. According to the police, “The assailants seized two iPhones and GH¢7,000 in cash and further coerced one of the Chinese victims to transfer GH¢30,000 via mobile money to an MTN number registered in the name of Esther Opoku.” Police investigations traced the mobile money transaction to Esther Opoku, who was arrested on June 15, 2024, at Obuasi. During interrogation, she confessed to receiving the GH¢30,000 transfer on behalf of the robbers and later withdrawing the funds to give to them. She received GH¢1,000 as her share of the loot. Opoku’s statement led police to arrest Eric Kwaku Danso at Fiankoma and Daniel Kwaku Owusu at Patrensa near Konongo on June 19, 2024. Both suspects admitted to taking part in the robbery. Subsequently, on September 30, 2024, police apprehended Peter Boadi (Kwao Ziggy) in connection with another offence. A search of his residence at Obuasi Bogobiri uncovered a foreign Bruna pistol loaded with one cartridge, three rounds of ammunition and a locally manufactured pistol concealed in a plastic container. Four arrested in connection with Asamankese funeral shooting incident The three were charged and arraigned before the Bekwai Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Appiatu. After a full trial, the court found them guilty on both counts and sentenced each of them to 20 years imprisonment on October 27, 2025. They have since been transferred to the Kumasi Central Prison to begin serving their sentences. In a statement, the Ashanti South Regional Police Command commended the investigative team for “their professionalism and dedication, which led to the swift arrest and successful prosecution of the convicts.” Scenes from Accra Ridge Hospital after news of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’ death Kimathi Rawlings and other prominent figures depart residence after brief meeting
