Court remands IT Technician for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday remanded one Prince Baffour, an IT Technician for causing harm and robbing one Frank Agudey of his Nissan Almera taxi worth GH¢ 14,000.00 and an amount of GH¢ 440.00.

Prince pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded by the court to reappear on September 17.

The facts of the case as presented by Police Chief Inspector E. Afful are that the complainant is a taxi driver who resides at Adabraka, while the accused person is an IT Technician and resides at Budumburam near Kasoa.

He said on August 16, the complainant was in charge of his taxi working as usual and at about 0200 hours, two men hired his service from circle to Dansoman, but did not specify the particular location they were going to at Dansoman.

The prosecution said on reaching an area in Dansoman called Sahara, one of his back tires became flat, so the complainant stopped to change it with a spare one.

Police Chief Inspector Afful said after fixing the tire and in his attempt to get back into his seat to continue with the passengers, he was prevented by the accused person and his accomplice.

The complainant managed to remove the car’s key from the ignition apartment, but the accused person used a small knife to stab his hand and palm, resulting in the key falling onto the street.

He told the court that the accused person picked the key, pushed the complainant out of the car, and drove the taxi away, with the complainant’s driving license and an amount of GH¢ 440.00.

The prosecution said after the incident, the complainant lodged a complaint at the police station and during investigations, Prince was arrested at his hideout in Accra, but his accomplice was on the run.

He said after the arrest of Prince, he took the police to Pacific Filling Station, Nyanyano road at Kasoa, where the taxi was retrieved and brought to the police station.