A Circuit Court sitting in Dansoman and presided over by Her Honour Basilia Adjei-Tawiah has convicted a 29-year-old mason, Justice Armah, for his role in a high-value theft, involving construction materials and household items totalling GH¢185,885.00.
Justice Armah pleaded guilty on two counts – Conspiracy to commit a crime and stealing, under the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
Although convicted, his sentencing has been deferred and he has been remanded into custody, pending further direction from the court.
According to Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, who prosecuted the case, the complainant, Mr. Frederick Adjei Browne of Weija-Accra, owns a six-bedroom apartment under construction at 21 Pineapple Street, La-Nkwantan-Accra.
Justice Armah, who was in charge of the site, allegedly took advantage of the complainant’s absence since May 2025 and conspired with another suspect, John Taylor, currently at large, to steal several items from the construction site.
Items reported stolen include -10 tons of iron rods (22mm, 16mm, 14mm, 10mm), nine beams of iron rods, two iron rod mats, eight wheelbarrows and 10 shovels.
The rest are three plastic chairs, cooking utensils and a pestle and mortar. All stolen items are valued at GH¢185,885.00.
Investigations revealed that Justice Armah sold the stolen items to Adamu Seini, a 22-year-old scrap dealer, who then allegedly resold some of the items to Emmanuel Terka Yaw, a 41-year-old metal arc welder, residing at Oyibi.
The court issued a Bench Warrant for the immediate arrest of John Taylor (at large) ,while it remanded Adamu Seini (A3) after pleading not guilty to dishonestly receiving stolen property (Count 3).
The Fourth accused (A4), Emmanuel Terka Yaw, was granted bail of GH¢60,000 with two sureties – one must be justified and the second must be a public servant earning not less than GH¢3,000 monthly.
He is to report to the CID every other Friday
Prosecution’s Case
The prosecution stated that after Justice Armah sold the stolen items to Adamu Seini, the latter in turn sold iron rods valued at GH¢172,500 to Emmanuel Terka Yaw at a significantly lower price of GH¢4,000.
The complainant, acting on gathered intelligence, reported the matter to the police, leading to Armah’s arrest and subsequent confession implicating Seini and Yaw.
All accused persons reportedly admitted their involvement during police investigations. The matter continues as the court proceeds with the trials of Seini and Yaw.
