The Accra Circuit Court will deliver the ruling on an application for bail variation filed for the first accused (A1), Mawuli Heletsi aka Mosquito, in Lawyer Hamida Nuhu’s case.
Mosquito was initially slapped with GH¢1 million with three sureties, two to be justified, and one should be an ordinary citizen, on July 4, 2023.
The amount was reduced to GH¢500,000.00, after A1 first applied for a bail variation on July 12.
However, Mosquito had since not been able to execute the bail bond, hence, the second application for variation.
The application was made this week Wednesday at the court, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah.
Mr. Acquah has set Tuesday September 19, to deliver the ruling on the application.
The other accused persons are David Kokvina (A2); Joseph Nii Amu Offei, alias Gaza, aka Hero (A3); Richmond Tetteh, alias Metiti (A4), Malik Alhassan, alias Goliath @ Ababe (A5); Dennis Adu Ninson, alias NAM1 (A6); Mustapha Mumuni, alias Starboy (A7), and Zuberu Mustapha, alias One Corner (A8).
Offence
They have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, and dishonestly receiving.
The applicant, together with seven others, are standing trial for allegedly robbing Lawyer Hamida Nuhu off US$114, 500.00; £800.00; GH¢50,000.00 and €3,000.00.
At gun point, the accused persons further took away another GH¢2,000.00; US$800.00 as well as unquantified number of jewelleries from the lawyer.
The monies were allegedly taken from the lawyer’s trunk inside her closet at her Premier Place home, Airport Residential Area in Accra.
The accused persons are between the ages of 20 and 42 years, with Richmond being the youngest and Mustapha the oldest.
Bail
Mustapha and Zuberu were granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 each with two sureties, one of whom should be an income earner and the other ordinary citizen.
Joseph, Richard and Malik were also admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢1 million each, with three sureties to be justified, and one should be an ordinary citizen.
Dennis, on the other hand, was admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢800,000.00 with three sureties, one to be justified, while the other should be an ordinary citizens.
Facts
The case, which was presented by Superintendent Augustine Yirenkyi, was that all of the accused persons are residents of Maamobi, Shukura, Santa Maria, Kokomba Market and Adabraka-Sahara respectively.
Mawuli, David, Joseph and Richmond allegedly attacked and robbed the complainant, Lawyer Hamida Nuhu, on March 26, 2023 at about 2:04am with the other accomplices surrounding the house.
Mawuli, who was dressed in all black and in a mask, armed with pistol, entered the room of the complainant, attacked and robbed her off USS$114, 500.00; GH¢50,000.00; £800 and €3,000, which were in a trunk in her closet.
The prosecutor said Mawuli also took away another GH¢2,000.00, US$800.00 and an unspecified amounts of other foreign currencies, including jewelleries.
He said after A1 finished robbing the complainant, he instructed her to remain in the room else she would be killed.
After the incident, Lawyer Hamida Nuhu lodged a complaint with the police and intelligence led to the arrest of Joseph, who was captured by a CCTV camera arriving at the scene on a motorbike. The CCTV camera also captured the entry and exit of Mawuli from the complainant’s residence.
Richard, on the other hand, was arrested after displaying his share of the booty at Gaza Spot. He disclosed to the police investigation team that David was the one who gave him one of the rings they took from the complainant as his share, but Mawuli collected it from him with force.
Malik was also arrested and pointed out that he gave his share of the spoils to Mustapha and Zuberu.
Malik and Dennis, after their arrest, admitted giving Mustapha GH¢2,000.00 from Malik’s share of the March 27, 2023 robbery.
Although Zuberu admitted having received a laptop from Malik, the latter, however, insisted that he gave him US$500.00, and added that before they went for the robbery, Mustapha and Zuberu gave him cocaine to boost him for the operation.
Dennis has denied the offence and stated that it was Mawuli and David who committed the act.
Supt Yirinkyi added that further investigations revealed that Mawuli and David, after the robbery, ran to Dambai in the Oti Region to consult their spiritual father, who is now a witness in the case, to protect them spiritually from arrest and unnatural death.
The prosecutor said efforts were being made to apprehend the other accomplices, as the case is still under investigation.
