Kinsley Ifechukwu Nwoke, a self-styled Nigerian businessman, is before an Accra circuit court for robbery.
The accused and one Ebuka – currently on the run – are purported to have conspired to rob one George Koduah Hamilton on August 9, 2016 at Airport City in Accra.
According to the prosecutor, Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Agbemehia, the accused and his accomplice about 2:30 on the said day, robbed the complainant of GH¢110,000 and attempted to escape.
Before trial judge Aboagye Tandoh, Nwoke, who was without a lawyer, denied the offence and was remanded into police custody until August 31, 2016.
The facts are that George is a resident of East Legon whilst the accused is a self-acclaimed businessman resident at Accra New Town.
The prosecution said on the afore-mentioned day, George, in the company of a witness in the case at the instance of the complainant, went to cash a cheque of GH¢150,000 from the First Atlantic Bank, Airport Branch, which was parceled in two brown envelopes of GH¢110,000 and GH¢40,000.
D/C/Insp. Agbemehia said the money was kept at the booth of a Toyota Land Cruiser with registration number WR 3366 X, driven by the witness.
He said on their way home, the complainant and the witness got stuck in traffic at the Airport second traffic light where the accused person and his other accomplices, who were trailing them on motorbikes, caught up with them.
The court heard that Nwoke hit and smashed the back windscreen of the car, picked one of the envelopes and passed it on to the accomplice pillion rider of a second motorbike operated by Ebuke.
D/C/Insp. Agbemehia said in their attempt to escape, the accused persons decided to ride in the opposite direction but the accused and his accomplices collided with a taxi with registration number GC 469-15, leading to the arrest of Nwoke.
George ran back with the other envelope to the bank only to realize that it contained GH¢40,000, indicative of the fact that the accused and his accomplices bolted with GH¢110,000.
By Jeffrey De-Graft JohnsonÂ
jeffdegraft44@yahoo.com