COP Lydia Yaako Donkor
Some five suspects have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service in connection with a robbery attack at Nkaseim in the Ahafo Region.
The suspects, Mutar Kofi, Mahamadu Sagio alias Salifu, Shaibu Issah Jallo alias Jibo, Abdul Suleman, and Bukari Sulley alias Tailor, were arrested on separate dates in connection with the robbery.
Addressing journalists in a press conference, Director-General of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor said on December 2, 2025, the suspects, together with other accomplices armed with weapons, blocked the Goaso-Tepa road and simultaneously attacked the Nkaseim Police Station, Adwumapa Cocoa Buying Company, Kobby Gold Buying Company, and the Asutifi Rural Bank area at Nkaseim.
“During the attack, the assailants made away with two AK47 service rifles. They also stole cash amounts from the bank, fourteen thousand cedis (GH¢14,000.00) from the cocoa buying company, and twelve thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢12,000.00) from the gold buying company,” she disclosed.
COP Donkor added that during the robbery, the attackers shot and injured an employee of the Adwumapa Cocoa Buying Company.
Following sustained intelligence gathering and forensic investigations, the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit arrested Mutar Kofi, aged 35, a commercial tricycle rider, on January 16, 2026 at a location known as “Ata ne Ata” near Nkaseim, and he admitted his involvement in the robbery.
She added that further investigations led to the arrest of suspect Mahamadu Sagio, aged 45, an illegal miner and resident of Nkaseim.
Further investigations also led to the arrest of suspect Shaibu Issah Jallo, aged 28, a trader at Chereponi, and suspect Abdul Suleman, aged 40, a herdsman at Tanga near Karaga in the Northern Region.
Also, on January 25, 2026, one other suspect, Bukari Sulley, alias Tailor, aged 25, a trader at Alaba, Kumasi, was also arrested in connection with the robbery.
COP Donkor assured that efforts have been intensified to arrest suspect Hoyeefi, who has been identified as the gang leader and in possession of the stolen weapons, together with other firearms used during the robbery, as well as two other suspects, identified as Dauda and Mohammed Ali, who are currently on the run.
By Prince Fiifi Yorke