Kumasi Court remands suspected armed robber

Sadat Annuah, a member of a robbery gang that shot and wounded a policeman after robbing him of his money and cellular phone, has been remanded to prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court.

He is facing charges of conspiracy and robbery and pleaded innocent to the charges.

He was ordered to be brought back on June 18.

Police Inspector Gulliver K. Tenkorang told the court presided over by Justice William Boampong that the accused, together with five others on the run, attacked an officer with the Kumasi Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Department on February 26, at about 0530 hours.

He said the victim had just withdrawn money from the Prempeh II Street branch of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), using his automated Teller machine (ATM) card.

Inspector Tenkorang said the gang blocked a service vehicle he was driving with a taxi, ordered him to surrender the money he had on him, which he refused.

He said the robbers then shot him in the left hand and right leg to immobilize him, and forcibly removed his cash of GH¢300.00 and cellular phone.

A formal report was later made by the policeman.

On May 19, Annuah was arrested by a police patrol team with an unregistered motorbike, and at the police station he was identified by the victim.