Three remanded for robberyThree remanded for robbery

Accra, Jan. 9, GNA – An Accra Circuit court has remanded three persons for robbery, possession of firearms and ammunitions and conspiracy to commit crime.Two out of the three, Samiru Salifu, and Ibrahim Issaka, pleaded not guilty to all charges, while Moses Makini Binipom pleaded guilty but with explanations.The three were said to have committed the crime at NIC, Ablekuma, Olebu, and remanded into police custody to reappear before the court on January 20, 2014.The facts of the case as presented by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Morkeh are that the complainant, Ibrahim Musah is the Manager of Finest Oil Company Limited and resident of Santa Maria in Accra.He said Samiru is unemployed and resides at Tabora, while Ibrahim is a mason and Moses is a businessman both residents of Ablekuma.DSP Morkeh said Samiru, is one of the notorious armed robbers and has been on the police wanted list for some time now, for attacking a lot of people in the Ablekuma-Anyaa area and collecting their mobile phones and other valuable items at gun point as well as subjecting others to severe beatings.He said on July 8, 2013, Samiru and his accomplices now at large attacked the complainant at his filling station and robbed him of his three mobile phones, a laptop, a digital camera and an amount of GHc 2,645.00 ad bolted.DSP Morkeh said the case was reported to the police for investigations, and while investigation was ongoing, the police received information that, Samiru and his accomplices had attacked a security man at Olebu and collected his pump action gun from him and escaped.He said on January 1, 2014, the police had information that Samiru again had attacked some people at NIC Junction with guns.He said police patrol team proceeded to the scene and when Samiru and accomplices spotted the police, he opened fire at them and the police engaged him in an exchange of fire but he managed to escape.The prosecution told the court that the next day a search was mounted on them, and Samiru was arrested from his hideout with his right hand bandaged as a result of the gun shots.He said when he was questioned he told the police that he handed over one pump action gun to Ibrahim as well as one pistol, a long dagger, and quantity of live ammunitions to burry under a hip of sand.DSP Morkeh said during investigations, the items were retrieved from Ibrahim and Moses, and in their caution statement they all admitted the offences.GNA Read Full Story