Six persons have been remanded into police custody by a Circuit Court in Accra for their alleged roles in a daring daylight robbery on a gold jewellery shop at Adabraka in the Greater Accra Region in July 2024.
Salam Mohammed aka Fariwata, Alhassan Iliyasu aka Arab Man, Hamza Agerego aka Nene Bawku, Abdul Samed Bonsibu Larry, Fatawu Ibrahim aka Motorway, and Abubakar Sadik aka Fifty Cent have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of robbery.
Court documents indicate that the six, who have pleaded not guilty to the charges, “with the use of force and threat of harm and with the intent to prevent and overcome the resistance”, appropriated GH¢400,000 belonging to a businessman, Nana Kwame Afrani.
The accused, who are all residents of Ashaiman, are also accused of using force and threat of harm to appropriate 12.5 kilograms of gold valued at GH¢14,387,096, also belonging to the businessman, who is the complainant in the matter.
Lawyers for the accused took turns to plead with the court to grant them bail pending the trial, assuring it the accused will show up for the trial and will not interfere with investigations.
The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Jonas Lawer, opposed the application for bail on ground that given the nature and circumstances of the case, the accused will not appear for the trial if granted bail.
The court, presided over by His Honour Dennis Eyram Benson, in a ruling held that he was unable to grant the accused bail due to the nature and severity of the case.
He, therefore, remanded them and adjourned the case to April 27, 2026.
Brief Facts
On July 27, 2024, the complainant, Nana Kwame Afrani went to CABEST Jewellery shop, Adabraka in the morning and closed at about 5:00 p.m. after the secretary had arrived with cash.
It said some minutes after the arrival of the secretary, the accused persons who were heavily armed with AK47 assault rifles arrived at the shop on three motorbikes.
“The accused persons at gun point forcefully ordered the workers to leave the shop amidst firing of gunshots,” the brief facts indicate.
They then robbed their victims a total of GHC400,000 and 12.5kg of gold valued at GH¢14,387,096.
“The accused persons, who had already parked and positioned their motorbikes near the scene, jumped onto them and fled away with the booty, as they continued to fire gunshots to scare the victims and residents to run for their lives,” the facts further noted.
The case was reported to the police. In a related development, the police were on the lookout for the accused persons for committing a similar crime at the same CABEST Jewellery shop on November 2, 2024.
On November 20, 2025, based on effective intelligence by the police, Salim Mohammed was arrested at Crystal Hospital, Ashaiman.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Alhassan Iliyasu and Hamza Agerego on January 7, 2026 at Ashaiman.
A thorough search conducted in the house of Iliyasu and Agerego led to the retrieval of 43 rounds of AK47 assault rifle ammunition, 249 BB cartridges, two pump action guns, four police bullet proof vests, a pair of black police boots and a Gota hand set.
During interrogation, Iliyasu reportedly claimed ownership of the aforementioned items.
On January 14, 2026, Abdul Samed Bonsiabu was arrested at Ashaiman New York, while Fatawu Ibrahim and Abubakar Sadik were later arrested, all in connection to the same case.
Court documents say there is CCTV footage, which the prosecution will use as evidence against the accused persons at the appropriate time.
The documents add that on February 17, 2026, an identification parade was conducted at the forecourt of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters during which the accused persons were identified by eyewitnesses.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak
