A 19-year-old man, Ahmed Mustapha, has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for robbery and causing harm at Asabi in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
According to the Ashanti Regional Police Command, Mustapha was arrested on July 21, 2026, by the Asokore Mampong Night Patrol Team after police received information that a 25-year-old man had been attacked and robbed of his mobile phone near the Presbyterian Church at Asabi.
Police said the suspect attempted to flee and hide in an uncompleted building when officers arrived at the scene.
He was pursued and arrested, with a mobile phone belonging to the victim and a cutlass believed to have been used in the attack retrieved from him.
The victim sustained cutlass wounds to his forehead, neck and left hand and was conveyed to the KNUST Hospital for treatment. He later regained consciousness and was reported to be in stable condition.
Mustapha was arraigned before the Asokwa Circuit Court Two on July 27, 2026, presided over by Her Honour Vida Achiaa Yeboah, on charges of robbery and causing harm.
He pleaded guilty to both counts and was remanded into police custody to reappear for sentencing.
On August 10, 2026, he was brought before the same court, where he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
He has since been conveyed to the Kumasi Central Prisons to begin serving his sentence.
