{"id":738110,"date":"2022-01-06T19:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/ktu-student-girlfriend-remanded-for-brandishing-weapon-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:49:28","slug":"ktu-student-girlfriend-remanded-for-brandishing-weapon-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/ktu-student-girlfriend-remanded-for-brandishing-weapon-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"KTU student, girlfriend remanded for brandishing weapon on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"413\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1640096003_23_Court-714x424-1-696x413.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Court garvel\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A student of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) and his girlfriend have been remanded in police custody for brandishing a gun on social media and peddling drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Oduro Amoah, alias Tattoo Guy, 23, and Sakina Abubakar, 25, a hairdresser, were put before a Koforidua Circuit court after they were arrested at their residence in Monrovia, a suburb of Koforidua.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Regional Police Command, on November 2, last year, intercepted pictures and videos on social media of Samuel Oduro Amoah brandishing a weapon in public without authority.<\/p>\n<p>This, the law enforcement agency said, caused fear and panic among the public.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Police conducted investigations until they apprehended him in his rented room.<\/p>\n<p>When the Regional Police Intelligent team smoked him out, it was established that the suspect peddled narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, on December, 30 were overpowered by a team of four armed police officers led by ASP Martin Bawuah Dokyi who besieged their residence after resisting arrest for over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the arrest, his girlfriend attempted to dispose of some substance in a transparent polythene bag through the back window but retreated after she saw one of the police officers close to the window.<\/p>\n<p>The Police searched the room and retrieved a black MingXing Plastic pistol with registration No.P998 and the transparent polythene bag containing dried plant leaves suspected to be Marijuana, two cigarette lighters, and a matchbox.<\/p>\n<p>The search was conducted in the presence of one of the tenants, a witness in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were remanded after the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Owusu Ababio Kejeer, prayed the court to allow the police further look into the case.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-_binCpnc0Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Sports  Adom TV (6-01-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_binCpnc0Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) and his girlfriend have been remanded in police custody for brandishing a gun on social media and peddling drugs. 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