Two cops jailed 60 years for robbery

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AKASI MARTHA ARIZONA USA 11 years ago

GHANA POLICE THEY DO GOOD AND BAD.BUT THE BAD, IS VERY VERY SERIOUS.

GHANA POLICE THEY DO GOOD AND BAD.BUT THE BAD, IS VERY VERY SERIOUS.
JATO 11 years ago

Criminal police officers leftover from NPP administration.

Criminal police officers leftover from NPP administration.
ph3taswe 11 years ago

God punish you. Its only when you have incompetent Government ruling that you hear of this kind of shit. A policeman robbing. tell this to the NDC president who is ruling for only 6 months

God punish you. Its only when you have incompetent Government ruling that you hear of this kind of shit. A policeman robbing. tell this to the NDC president who is ruling for only 6 months
NEMESIS, UK 11 years ago

Nigeria traders cry foul
Business News of Monday, 11 February 2013
Source: Daily Guide

The Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG) is unhappy with the closure of the shops of some of its members by officials o ...
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Nigeria traders cry foul
Business News of Monday, 11 February 2013
Source: Daily Guide

The Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG) is unhappy with the closure of the shops of some of its members by officials of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Over 40 shops belonging to Nigerian traders in the Okaishie Market area in the Central Business District of Accra were closed down on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 and traders were ordered to vacate the place without an alternative.

A notice signed by K.N. Atuahene, which was pasted on the shops titled, “NON GHANAIANS ENGAGED IN TRADING IN MARKET PLACES read, “It has come to the notice of the taskforce that you are engaged in trading activities in the market place. Your activities contravene section 18 of GPIC Law 1194 (Act 478).

Please take notice that your continuous operations from the market will no more be countenanced and that your shop has been permanently closed from today.

In case you have any difficulties related to the actions of the task force please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.”

However, the aggrieved persons claimed they were mistreated at the Ministry when they approached the officials for dialogue.

Some of the affected persons, who spoke with CITY & BUSINESS GUIDE, said they were being maltreated contrary to the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) trade laws.

Meanwhile, Chinese and Lebanese have been allowed to trade openly even though they are not part of ECOWAS.

Deacon John Igwe Ukala, the president of the group, equated the treatment being meted out to them to the reintroduction of the Aliens Compliance Law under the Busia regime.

He insisted that once Ghana is a signatory to the ECOWAS treaty, it is obliged to treat persons from the ECOWAS region like Ghanaians since its citizens also receive same treatment abroad.

He called on both the Nigerian and Ghanaian governments to prevail upon the Trade Ministry to rescind its decision.

Deacon Ukala said they may have to go to the ECOWAS court to seek redress if the situation does not improve.

Deacon Ukala said even though he had lived in Ghana since 1971, it has been difficult for him to naturalize, adding that the processes are cumbersome.

Damiaw Uduba said he paid over GH¢25,000 as goodwill for his shop for a 10-year period and operated his bicycle spare parts business for only two years.

The closure of his shop, he noted, had negatively affected him, stressing that he failed to raise the needed amount of money to pay his children’s school fees.

Ghanaians were not even trading in the bicycle parts then but they even trained some Ghanaians, who are now plying the same trade. Asking them to leave now to make indigenes take over is definitely cruel and unfair, he indicated.

He said should they move to a new location, the authorities would ask them to vacate the place.

He therefore advised the ministry to create an ECOWAS market to solve the issue.

If the Trade Ministry insists on the action, we would have no option than to relay the information to our relations back home to replicate the action against Ghanaians in Nigeria, Uduba said.

Prince Ugochukwu Uzokwu, who also has lived in Ghana since 1997, said the ECOWAS mediation proved unsuccessful.

He entreated ECOWAS to take up the matter which he said was assuming a rather serious dimension.

All the aggrieved persons backed their claims with their business registration documents, resident’s permit and other information, which indicate that they are honouring their tax obligations.

Irene Nnadi, a widow, recalled how she struggled to take care of her children.

She said her husband, who lived in Ghana for over 15 years and died last September, started the shop but she took over the business after his death.

Mrs. Nnadi explained that the closure of the shop had adversely affected her.

The Nigeria High Commission is yet to make an official statement on the matter.
AAA 11 years ago

9ja man leave us alone with this 9ja traders shit, you fools are equating it to the Aliens Compliance Law, you do not have heads rather to talK of memories. 'Ghana must go'. Why don't you go back home and eat your oil money. ...
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9ja man leave us alone with this 9ja traders shit, you fools are equating it to the Aliens Compliance Law, you do not have heads rather to talK of memories. 'Ghana must go'. Why don't you go back home and eat your oil money. Where was ECOWAS when you were killing us. aboa dwan.
NEMESIS, UK 11 years ago

NOW THAT YOU EVIL, ENVIOURS AND JEALOUS GHANAIANS HAS OPEN THE 'CAN OF WORMS' BE READY FOR A TERRIBLE CONSIQUENCES, THAT WILL BE WORST THAN GHANA MUST GO.

YOU ALWAYS STARTS ALL THESE EVIL ACTS AGAINST NIGERIANS, BUT WHEN N ...
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NOW THAT YOU EVIL, ENVIOURS AND JEALOUS GHANAIANS HAS OPEN THE 'CAN OF WORMS' BE READY FOR A TERRIBLE CONSIQUENCES, THAT WILL BE WORST THAN GHANA MUST GO.

YOU ALWAYS STARTS ALL THESE EVIL ACTS AGAINST NIGERIANS, BUT WHEN NIGERIA RETARLIATE, YOU MORONIC GHANAIANS CRIED FOULS. LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHO WOULD BLINK FIRST. BRING IT ON GHANA BOYS.
bingo 11 years ago

fooooooool

fooooooool
CHARCOAL SELLER. 11 years ago

Mr. NEMESIS, apparently your schooling didn't inform you of a certain aspect of learning called: COMPREHENSION. The topic is: "Two Cops jailed 60 yrs. for robbery". Please calm yourself, focus, focus, focus and try again to ...
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Mr. NEMESIS, apparently your schooling didn't inform you of a certain aspect of learning called: COMPREHENSION. The topic is: "Two Cops jailed 60 yrs. for robbery". Please calm yourself, focus, focus, focus and try again to coherently address the topic being discussed.

Ghanaians are always ready willing and able to offer assistance in the fields of mental health, language comprehension, African Religiosity, drug rehabilitation etc. You see my brother, the question of comprehension again comes into play, people of the same race cannot practice racism against each other, last time I checked Nigerians and Ghanaians were the same race.

Kwame Nkrumah is the most recognized PanAfrican leader in the world, his statue stands in front of continent's PanAfrican headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the last time I checked he was Ghanaian. Please tell me how a culture of hatred can produce such a PROPHET of love and harmony, in the midst of rampant tribalism?

There are negative and positive examples in every situation, however, you chose the most negative of Ghana's leadership to justify your equally negative diatribe. Nigeria has many excellent schools unfortunately, you are not one of it's brightest students.

Please my dear brother NEMESIS, FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS and come again.

AFRICA MUST UNITE.
one man soldier 11 years ago

@ Charcoal, I like ur view.

@ Charcoal, I like ur view.
slimy 11 years ago

was it the president who asked them to go and steal? next time think before you comment. what if it is NPP that is in power?

was it the president who asked them to go and steal? next time think before you comment. what if it is NPP that is in power?
JOHN 11 years ago

WAA LOOK!!! WARPED THINKING,NO WONDER NDC GOV'T IS FALTERING

WAA LOOK!!! WARPED THINKING,NO WONDER NDC GOV'T IS FALTERING
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Stop that stupidity and talk about common sense.

Stop that stupidity and talk about common sense.
SHAMO 11 years ago

Perhaps we should stop recruiting Ashantis into the police service. There is abundant evidence to support this idea.

Even most Ashantis are too short for enlistment into the police service.

Perhaps we should stop recruiting Ashantis into the police service. There is abundant evidence to support this idea.

Even most Ashantis are too short for enlistment into the police service.
bingo 11 years ago

foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll.

foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!! 11 years ago

To u MONKEY OSEI ABEB, u r a big fool to say what u just spewed out from ur ass instead of ur mouth. u will never live to see the year ur marker gave u, i curse u from today u will see darkness in ur life, everywhere u step u ...
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To u MONKEY OSEI ABEB, u r a big fool to say what u just spewed out from ur ass instead of ur mouth. u will never live to see the year ur marker gave u, i curse u from today u will see darkness in ur life, everywhere u step ur feet will be a dry and unproductive. Now idiot osei abeb u and ur families should go in pieces, i destroy peace in ur life, u will die and ur family will never locate ur body for a burial, i declare animals to enjoy on ur dead body. NO pastor can revers this curse i invoked on u and ur families, no mercy for idiot individual like u osei abeb.
Andy 11 years ago

Stop your foolishness. What you want on others will be on you idiot too. Leave God to do his job. It is not up to you to judge anybody.

Stop your foolishness. What you want on others will be on you idiot too. Leave God to do his job. It is not up to you to judge anybody.
ROCKY 11 years ago

I'm not shocked at this nonsense from an Ewe bastard with this kind of horrible English. You people are well noted for that, always invoking curses upon others through your swine, stinky gods. I'm assuring you, all that you w ...
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I'm not shocked at this nonsense from an Ewe bastard with this kind of horrible English. You people are well noted for that, always invoking curses upon others through your swine, stinky gods. I'm assuring you, all that you wrote here carry no effect. It can't kill even an insect, foooool!!! Go back to school and study rather than writing silly things here.
o.a 11 years ago

Prosecution said GHc29, 390 cedis and the unregistered vehicle were retrieved from the vehicle.why?

Prosecution said GHc29, 390 cedis and the unregistered vehicle were retrieved from the vehicle.why?
Nana Addo 11 years ago

They are all Kuffour police they should jail one by one

They are all Kuffour police they should jail one by one
VAQ 11 years ago

WE NEED TO PURGE OUR SYSTEM OF THESE CRIMINALS. POLICE OFFICERS COLLABORATING WITH THIEVES TO COMMIT CRIME IS UNTOLERATABLE IN ANY SYSTEM ON EARTH. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS SWORN IN AND PLEDGES TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND THEN ...
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WE NEED TO PURGE OUR SYSTEM OF THESE CRIMINALS. POLICE OFFICERS COLLABORATING WITH THIEVES TO COMMIT CRIME IS UNTOLERATABLE IN ANY SYSTEM ON EARTH. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS SWORN IN AND PLEDGES TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND THEN TURNS AROUND AGAINST THE SAME PEOPLE THAT PAY HIS SALARY IS SHAMEFUL, DISGUSTING AND DESPEKABLE. HOWEVER, I THINK THIRTY YEARS IN INCACERATION IS TOO MUCH. YES, THEY NEED TO BE PUNISHED BUT NOT THIRTY YEARS. SOMETIMES ONE WONDERS WHERE THESE JUDGES WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.
yaa yaa 11 years ago

All the time when you call somebody in Ghana how are you?. Not good, why no job,if you ask why you gus have to come and open some busines, how can we open busines with this issues going on it is very serious now policemen are ...
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All the time when you call somebody in Ghana how are you?. Not good, why no job,if you ask why you gus have to come and open some busines, how can we open busines with this issues going on it is very serious now policemen are given ther uniform to this people to rob. Because of money they dont care for us. Why? .policemen see a car coming, he know this car is not good he will stop the car, when money talk the car move we have to fear for our life.
Joe Navajo 11 years ago

they are all thieves, anyway

they are all thieves, anyway
Mankind 11 years ago

For 37K & 38K cedis they got 30years in jail. And Wayome, Ms Mould Iddrisu is still a govt. minister. Burton Odro is 2nd speaker in Parliament. Wow! I love this! Africans, no wonder some people call us monkeys!!

For 37K & 38K cedis they got 30years in jail. And Wayome, Ms Mould Iddrisu is still a govt. minister. Burton Odro is 2nd speaker in Parliament. Wow! I love this! Africans, no wonder some people call us monkeys!!
bingo 11 years ago

real monkeys indeed!

real monkeys indeed!
PAA KWESI 11 years ago

THERE A LOT OF POLICE MEN WHO ARE DOING THIS ROBBERY IN THE ACCRA CITHY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED THEM SELF WITH PASTORS, MALAMS AND HIGHLY OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTRY AND DOING THIS TO MAKE MONEY I KNOW ONE AT MINA POLICE ...
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THERE A LOT OF POLICE MEN WHO ARE DOING THIS ROBBERY IN THE ACCRA CITHY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED THEM SELF WITH PASTORS, MALAMS AND HIGHLY OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTRY AND DOING THIS TO MAKE MONEY I KNOW ONE AT MINA POLICE STATION CALL ROBERT USING MOTOR BIKE WITH PISTOL AT ALL THE TIME COMES TO ACHIMOTA WITH ROBERS AND PEOPLE ARE FRIEND DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO REPORT THEM DURING MONEY SHARING IT BECAME EXCHANGE OF GUN SHORTS, ONLY GOD WILL HELP.
AWUKU,ACCRA 11 years ago

Oh God,come to our aid.Who shall we turn to when those who are to protect us have rather turned to rob us.I am shocked and dismayed.

Oh God,come to our aid.Who shall we turn to when those who are to protect us have rather turned to rob us.I am shocked and dismayed.
AHANTA APEMENYIMHENEBA KWOFIE 11 years ago

I am very sad but .ife must still go on

I am very sad but .ife must still go on
NANA AMA 11 years ago

Some of these cops are disgraced to the country.Please add another 10years to their sentence.

Some of these cops are disgraced to the country.Please add another 10years to their sentence.
John Kpeglo 11 years ago

They can´t even write statements!

They can´t even write statements!
asabere adu 11 years ago

with all the single spine and with all the bribery at charge office and road sides.

with all the single spine and with all the bribery at charge office and road sides.
asabere adu 11 years ago

with all the single spine and with all the bribery at charge office and road sides.

with all the single spine and with all the bribery at charge office and road sides.
Something 11 years ago

i am very glad that now the Law in Ghana is taking it's proper channel unlike before when many people got away with lot of stuff, thank God it is about time.Also, the so call Lawyer of the policemen is very very ignorant due ...
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i am very glad that now the Law in Ghana is taking it's proper channel unlike before when many people got away with lot of stuff, thank God it is about time.Also, the so call Lawyer of the policemen is very very ignorant due to the fact that as a lawyer to go and stand in front of the prosecuter and the judge pleading on behalf of these stupid people who are making the job of other good police men look very bad makes me sick, i think this lawyer should be included with the policemen as well. Also, it is about time that the recruiting department should be very very vigilant by conducting a background check like we do here in North America, so please this very route should be considered very well, this will surely help to clean up the dirt from the police Force.
Hmmm 11 years ago

GHC37,000 and they are to serve 60 years. I wonder how much time Woyome and his political accomplices will serve. Just wondering

GHC37,000 and they are to serve 60 years. I wonder how much time Woyome and his political accomplices will serve. Just wondering
Isaac, Legon 11 years ago

Yes, even if policemen are treated this way, it will deter some fellow policemen and the entire citizens to do away with these social cancar.

Yes, even if policemen are treated this way, it will deter some fellow policemen and the entire citizens to do away with these social cancar.
Nana Asare 11 years ago

I CONGRATULATE THE JUDGES FOR THEIR GOOD WORK FOR GHANA BY JAILING THESE TWO POLICE ARMED ROBBERS TO 30YEARS IMPRISONMENT EACH.

I CONGRATULATE THE JUDGES FOR THEIR GOOD WORK FOR GHANA BY JAILING THESE TWO POLICE ARMED ROBBERS TO 30YEARS IMPRISONMENT EACH.
bingo 11 years ago

this judge should be one of the supreme court judges to give the ndc 10,000years imprisonment with hard labour. good work done judge, some of these policemen are spies n proper thieves who have entered the gp service to acqui ...
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this judge should be one of the supreme court judges to give the ndc 10,000years imprisonment with hard labour. good work done judge, some of these policemen are spies n proper thieves who have entered the gp service to acquire more skills to attack innocent but hardworking people of ghana to deprive them of the fruit of their labour. God will punish them all including their families.
faraday 11 years ago

OH why again?

OH why again?
nana spain (sevilla) 11 years ago

every Opoku is not an ashanti ,he can be akim ,brong-ahafo etc etc .so think b4 u talk oke.stupid man

every Opoku is not an ashanti ,he can be akim ,brong-ahafo etc etc .so think b4 u talk oke.stupid man
Ataa 11 years ago

I was intrigued by the statement ...."Mr George Asamani, counsel for the convicts earlier prayed the court to deal leniently with his clients as they were first offenders." It was the first time they had been caught I think.. ...
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I was intrigued by the statement ...."Mr George Asamani, counsel for the convicts earlier prayed the court to deal leniently with his clients as they were first offenders." It was the first time they had been caught I think..not first offenders. Good for the attorney for putting them away.
bingo 11 years ago

ndc police thieves. their cups will be full one by one. thank GOD the car engine stopped.

ndc police thieves. their cups will be full one by one. thank GOD the car engine stopped.
Olivia Harris 11 years ago

as Bob Marley said kill them before they grow. these police man in Ghana are thiefs always try to make some stories to get money from people i hope they routing in jail

as Bob Marley said kill them before they grow. these police man in Ghana are thiefs always try to make some stories to get money from people i hope they routing in jail
SAMGEE 11 years ago

they are
making it difficult

they are
making it difficult
Joe debera,Germany. 11 years ago

Shame to the Nation Ghana,give them more years mr jugde.

Shame to the Nation Ghana,give them more years mr jugde.

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