Adinda-Akpo Abdou Moundjibou
A Circuit Court in Accra has been told that the notorious robbery suspect extradited from Togo, Adinda-Akpo Abdou Moundjibou aka Maxwel, “is behaving strangely,” including eating his own poo.
The police are not certain whether he is indeed having a psychiatric issue or is trying to falsify one, just to avoid trial for the robbery he allegedly committed in April 2024, before fleeing to neighbouring Togo.
The suspect, according to court documents, robbed a medical doctor of $200,000 and other personal belongings worth thousands of Ghana Cedis.
He had been on the run since April last year, and was arrested in Togo in January this year, through the efforts of the INTERPOL.
He was subsequently extradited to Ghana to stand trial for the robbery.
The documents indicate that the accused entered the complainant’s bedroom through the washroom window, wearing a face mask and pointed a gun at her, and ordered her to surrender her valuables.
ASP Amoah Richard told the court yesterday that the accused person started behaving strangely after his cautioned statement was taken, including eating his own poo.
He said they could not tell whether he was faking or he actually had a mental episode, and prayed the court for an order to send the accused to the psychiatric hospital for mental evaluation.
The court did not take his plea, and subsequently remanded the suspect into the custody of National Intelligence Bureau and ordered that he be taken to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation.
Meanwhile, Marzouk Alidu, an Okada rider charged for abetting Adinda-Akpo Abdou Moundjibou in the robbery and many others by transporting him to the crime scene, is still in custody despite being granted bail by the court.
He has not been able to meet the terms of the bail set by the court, after pleading not guilty to the charge of abetment of robbery.
Court documents indicate that Adinda-Akpo Abdou Moundjibou ransacked the complainant’s room and robbed her of items including $200,000 cash, a gold waist chain valued at GH¢20,000, gold necklace valued at GH¢18,000, assorted jewelry including gold earrings, brooches etc. valued at GH¢5,000 and a registered CZ 75.5P pistol belonging to the complainant’s husband.
He allegedly packed all the booty into a backpack, warned the complainant to lock herself in the room and then bolted.
The complainant later reported the matter to the police for investigation.
Investigation later revealed that Moundjibou was conveyed to the scene on a motorbike by Alidu, who was arrested on September 4, 2024 at East Airport after another robbery operation with Moundjibou.
Upon interrogation, Alidu admitted conveying Moundjibou on his motorbike to the complainant’s house for the robbery, and picked him off the scene after the robbery.
He provided the police with the location of Moundjibou, but the accused narrowly escaped arrest when police stormed the residence.
Moundjibou went into hiding until he was arrested in Togo, and was later extradited to Ghana to face trial.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak