igerian Student Studying in Ghana Jailed 15 years For Stealing iphone 5

Nigerian Student Studying in
Ghana Jailed 15 years For
Stealing iphone 5

A Nigerian student, Ephraim Okoro was on
Friday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for robbing one Olabunie Oqundele of his mobile phone GH₵ 2,000.00.
Ephraim who pleaded not guilty to the charge was found guilty by the court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandor after full trial.

Mr Tandor noted that the assertion by the
convict that he did not engage in the act of
robbery but only accompanied his accomplice Chineze who is now at large was an afterthought and was to throw dust into the eyes of the court.
He said according to the prosecution witnesses, the convict was the one holding the machete
while his accomplice was wearing a max, and
stole the items exerting force on the
complainant.
He said in sentencing Ephraim, he took into
consideration his plea for mercy, the fact that he
was a first time offender and that the item was
retrieved.
The court ordered that the retrieved items be
given to the complainant.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP) Patrick Adzadza told the court that, the
complainant is a Nigerian National and a student
of Ghana Technology University and resident of
Atico, Bubuashie, while Ephraim and his
accomplice are all Nigerians and students of
Golf City University, Dansoman.
He said somewhere in January, Chineze
informed a witness in the case that life is so
unbearable for him in Ghana and that he would
engage in robbery activities to earn a living.
He said on October 1, the convict armed himself
with cutlass and mask, went to the house of the
complainant, forced the door opened and
attacked him and asked him to surrender his
money and mobile phone or he would kill him.
The prosecution said the convict subjected the
complainant to severe beating and succeeded in
collecting his iphone 5, however the complainant
raised the alarm and a witness in the case called
Odorkor Police Patrol Team.
He said the team responded swiftly and
managed to arrest Ephraim at the scene but
Chineze managed to escape. The mobile phone
was retrieved by the police.
ASP Adzadza said when the convict was
interrogated he admitted the offence and told
the police that it was Chineze who called him
assist him to attack the complainant.