The Circuit Court 8 in Accra, presided over by His Honour Jojo Amoah Hagan, has remanded four Nigerian nationals into police custody for their alleged involvement in a series of thefts and unlawful entries at Baatsonaa in the Greater Accra Region.
The accused persons — Moses Chinedu, a 26-year-old carpenter; Ugochukwu Onyeka, 24, trader; Obumneke Nnebuo, 26, unemployed; and Wisdom Ugochukwu, 26, trader — are facing seven counts, including conspiracy to steal, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage, and theft.
Their pleas were not taken during the proceedings as they requested interpretation in Igbo, their native language. With no interpreter available at the sitting, the prosecution, led by Sergeant Priscilla Avorgah, applied for the accused to be kept in police custody until the next adjourned date.
According to the prosecution, the four men allegedly conspired on September 18, 2025, to break into two separate apartments at Baatsonaa.
The complainants, identified as Leslie Nii Fio Mensah, a self-employed resident, and Abraham Kwaku Frimpong, a freight forwarder, were reportedly targeted while away from home.
Police reports indicate that the accused scaled the wall of the compound, forced their way into the apartments, and ransacked the rooms.
From Mr. Mensah’s residence, they allegedly took items valued at GH¢17,300, including an HP laptop worth GH¢4,000, a Samsung Tablet S6 Lite valued at GH¢3,000, Samsung mobile phones, two JBL Bluetooth speakers, headsets, a wristwatch, and other personal belongings.
In the case of Mr. Frimpong, the suspects reportedly made away with property and cash valued at GH¢8,170, as well as foreign currencies amounting to US$2,200 and £2,500.
The stolen items included an iPad, a Microsoft Surface laptop, wristwatches, clothing, jewelry, and backpacks.
Investigators later traced one of the stolen tablets to the Millicent Hotel, also located in Baatsonaa, where the suspects were lodging. A dawn operation on September 19 led to their arrest around 3:00 a.m. Police recovered the stolen items in their possession and established that the accused had only recently entered Ghana.
Further intelligence suggests that the group was targeting residences during working hours, with the complainants’ apartments being the third property they had allegedly broken into.
The case has been adjourned to October 6, 2025, to allow the court to secure an Igbo interpreter before the trial can proceed.
