By Grace Zigah
The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced three men to 20 years imprisonment each for their involvement in a violent highway robbery at Fiankoma near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region.
The convicts — Peter Boadi, alias Kwao Ziggy, Daniel Kwaku Owusu, and Eric Kwaku Danso — were found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery by the court, presided over by His Honour Mr. Appiatu, on Monday, 27th October 2025.
According to police reports, the trio on 29th April 2024 launched an armed attack on travellers along the Jacobu–Anwiankwanta road, where they robbed their victims at gunpoint.
The robbers made away with two iPhones, GH₵7,000 in cash, and further coerced one of the victims — a Chinese national — to transfer GH₵30,000 via mobile money to an account linked to an accomplice.
Following a months-long intelligence-led investigation, officers from the Ashanti South Regional Police Command tracked down the suspects between June and September 2024.
Their arrest followed painstaking surveillance and coordination across several communities.
A police search conducted at Peter Boadi’s residence at Obuasi Bogobiri led to the discovery of a foreign-made Bruna pistol, a locally manufactured pistol, and live ammunition.
These were all retrieved and tendered as crucial evidence during the trial.
Delivering judgment, the court emphasized the need for deterrent punishment to curb the rising tide of highway robberies in the region.
Each of the three convicts will serve 20 years in prison with hard labour.
