Prosecutors in the trial of the alleged robbery of US$114, 500.00; £800.00, GH¢50,000.00 and €3,000.00 from a Lawyer’s trunk inside a closet, have been give up to August 15 to file their disclosures.
The order was given yesterday by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah.
Although the alleged victim and complainant, Lawyer Hamida Nuhu, was not present, the court expects all processes required for the trial to start filing on or before the next adjourned date.
Since April 1, this year, the charge sheet and brief facts have been amended twice to reflect progress made by investigators to arrest the alleged perpetrators of the crime.
The number of accused persons on the charge sheet has changed from three to five then eight, as well as yesterday sitting, is about the ninth time that the case has been called.
These are Mawuli Heletsi, aka Mosquito (A1); 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).
Mawuli is 24 years old and unemployed, David is 27 years and a Tiller, Joseph is 23 years and an Okada rider, Richmond is 20 years and unemployed, Malik is 27 years and also unemployed, and 26 years old Dennis, they were charged with conspiracy to commit crime and robbery.
Mustapha, 42 years old and an ex-footballer, and Zuberu, 25 years old and a scrap dealer, are standing trial for dishonestly receiving.
They have pleaded not guilty to the counts and have been released on bail. The bail sums are between GH¢100,000 to GH¢1 million.
Brief facts
The case, which was presented by Superintendent Augustine Yirenkyi, was that all of the accused persons mentioned were 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, 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 a pistol, entered the room of the complainant, attacked and robbed her off US$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 and US$800.00 with 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 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 investigative team that David was the one who gave him one of the rings they took from the complainant as his share, but Mawuli took 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.
