The two are to serve thirty months in prison after they pleaded guilty to the crime of escaping lawful custody and abetment to escape lawful custody before an Accra High Court on Tuesday.

[contextly_sidebar id=”WrxMQ5yxh2w7g0e4n1p87MC63trh5xqH”]The two, Prince Osei and Atta Kwadwo, were among the seven suspects who were assisted to escape police custody during the attack.

When they appeared before the court presided over by His Honour Aboagye Tandor two weeks ago, the two accepted guilty.

A third escapee who was also arrested, Kofi Darko, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Meanwhile, the nine suspects accused of attacking the police station, have been also been charged.

The nine, which includes a woman, pleaded not guilty to the charge when they first appeared in court two weeks ago, and were subsequently remanded in police custody.

Background

A gang of suspected armed robbers attacked the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters, which accommodates the Kwabenya Police Station, killing the officer on duty, and freeing cell inmates.

A total of seven inmates were freed, but three of them have since been rearrested.

‘Cop killer busted’

Last Sunday, the Accra Police Command indicated that, it had picked up the man believed to have shot the police officer dead.

The suspect was identified as Kofi Seshie, aged 28.

Seshie was arrested along with four other suspects in the early hours of Saturday at Kasoa, according to a statement from the police.

The statement said these latest arrests bring the number of people detained following the incident to eleven, after six suspects were arrested earlier.

The police had announced a GHc15,000 bounty for any information leading to the arrest of the other four suspects who were freed from police custody by the robbers.

The now deceased Police officer sustained gunshot wounds, and died whilst receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.

He was the breadwinner for a family of seven with the youngest being three years.

‘No mercy’

Government has since condemned the attack on the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters.

Speaking at a press conference, Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, assured that persons involved in the act will face the law.

“First of all government condemns the criminal conduct of these elements in the strongest possible terms. There is a manhunt for these criminal elements and we have no doubts in our minds that they will be brought to face justice.

“Government takes this opportunity to express its deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased policeman… While this is one of the isolated incidents that have unsettled the Ghanaian population, we wish to continue to assure the Ghanaian people that the security agencies are working to ensure the general safety of the population. The preventive mechanism of the Police Service remains intact which helps to nip such occurrences in the bud before they become full-blown criminal activities.”

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In the process, they killed a police officer, Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi, who was on duty as a monitoring officer.

So far, 12 people including the suspected armed robbers, and some of the  fugitives who planned the attack, have been arrested by the Police.

An Accra Circuit Court today, [Tuesday] January 30, 2018, convicted two of the suspects who escaped lawful custody.

The two, Prince Osei and Atta Kwadwo, pleaded guilty to charges of abetment to escape lawful custody, and escaping lawful custody.

A third accused, Kofi Darko, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Judge, Aboagye Tandor, convicted the two on their plea, and deferred judgment to the 13th of February 2018.

Meanwhile, the nine suspects accused of attacking the Police Station, have been charged with abetment to escape from lawful custody.

The nine, which includes a woman, pleaded not guilty to the charge. They have been remanded in custody, and are expected to reappear on the 13th of February.

Below is how the incident unraveled according to the police charge sheet available to Citi News.

The complainants are policemen stationed at Kwabenya District Headquarters. The 1^st accused person, Prince Osei @ Bebe aged 25 years, is a scrap dealer and lives at Gleffe near Dansoman.

The 2^nd accused person Atta Kwadwo aged 20 years is a driver’s mate and lives at Arena Timber Market, Accra. The 3^rd accused person Kofi Darko @Kofi Duku aged 25 years is a trader and lives at Gleffe Dansoman.

The 4^th accused person Nancy Denta @ Awura Ama, aged 28 years lives at Dome, Accra.

The 5^th accused person George Yeboah @ Akwesi Shower aged 30 years is an electrician and lives at Graphic Road behind Accra Brewery. The 6^th  accused person Prince Kofi Acheampong @ Nana Owuo, aged 32 years is a herbalist and lives at Afienya, Tema. The 7^th accused person Edward Lartey, aged 20 years, lives at Tema Newtown.

The 8^th accused person Kofi Seshie aged 28 years is a driver. The 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th accused persons are George Sarbah aged 23 years,  Elvis Owusu aged 31 years, George Asante aged 33 years and Theophilus Banda aged 25 years respectively.

The plan to free suspects 

The 8^th and 12^th accused people live in a compound house at Kasoa Nyanyano. On the 21/01/18 at about 1.30am, a gang of armed men numbering six, planned to attack the Kwabenya Police and free their colleagues who were held in detention for various violent crimes they were involved in, within the country.

In execution of their plans, the gangsters proceeded to Kwabenya Police station and two of them pretended they had a complaint to lodge, entered the charge office and told the counter NCO that someone borrowed money from them and refused to pay back. The counter NCO No. 43225 G/Cpl. Robert Owusu, advised him to seek redress at the civil court since the case they were reporting was civil.

During that time, the two of the gangsters turned and signaled the rest who laid ambush within the station and they launched attack on the policeman at the charge office. They shot Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi who was on duty as a monitoring officer on the right buttocks, held the counter NCO, his station orderly, the charge office guard and the night investigator hostage.

They took the keys to the cells and released seven of the inmates namely; Chibuzor Akwaba, a Nigerian, aged 34 years, Emmanuel Kotey, aged 21 years, Rockson Edem Dzigbede @ Herbalist, aged 24 years, Dickson Ofori aged 24 years and 1^st, send and the 3^rd accused persons.

Ashilevi dies

After the armed gang left, the counter NCO and the night investigator arranged for an ambulance and rushed Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi to the police hospital for treatment, but he was referred to 37 military hospital where he died on arrival.

The arrest

Police intelligence led to the arrest of the 5^th accused person who assisted 1^st and 2^nd accused persons with GHc200.00 to escape out of the jurisdiction. The 5^th accused person also gave GHc40.00 to 3^rd accused person Kofi Darko, to enable him run out of the jurisdiction.

On 23/01/18 police intelligence led to the arrest of 1^st and 2^nd accused persons at Worawora in the Volta Region. Investigation revealed that whilst in detention on 18/01/18, 1^st accused person overheard other inmates Chibuzor Akwuba, Dickson Ofori and Rockson Edem Dzigbede @ Herbalist, all at large, on Thursday 18/01/18, planning to escape.

The plot

In the evening Thursday 18/01/18, 4^th accused person, brought a mobile phone to Dickson Ofori in the cells and he used same to contact his people outside to execute the plan. Rockson Edem Dzigbede’s brother brought a hacksaw blade to him by hiding it in bread to cut the padlock to the cells, but the hacksaw blade could not cut the padlock.

On interrogation, the 1^st accused person stated that, he stole his gun from the 6^th accused person’s boys whom he normally sends out on robbery expedition.

Snipper nabbed 

Further investigation revealed that ,it was the 6^th accused person in collaboration with Dickson Ofori and Chibuzor, who sent the armed men to attack and release them from the cells which led to the death of Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi.

On 25/01/18 at about 2:00am, the 6^th accused person was arrested together with the 7^th accused person, who is also involved, at their hideout at Tema Afienya.

On 27/01/18 at about 2:30am, the 2^nd accused person, Atta Kwadwo, led police to a house at Kasoa Nyanyano, and pointed out the 8^th accused person to police as one of the gangs who came to rescue them from the cells, and also shot and killed the police officer.

The 9^th to the 12^th persons in the house believed to be the accomplices of the 8^th accomplices, were also arrested to assist police investigations. Investigation is still ongoing.

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The two, Prince Osei and Atta Kwadwo, pleaded guilty to charges of abetment to escape lawful custody, and escaping lawful custody.

[contextly_sidebar id=”EVxFxPpPA9dYpq7bE73ELC1ZJi5j4ARx”]The third accused, Kofi Darko, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The three were part of escapees who were freed by some robbers, after they attacked the Kwabenya Police station, killing the police officer in charge, and freeing inmates in the process.

The Judge, Aboagye Tandor, convicted the two on their plea, and deferred judgment to the 13th of February 2018.

Meanwhile, the nine suspects accused of attacking the Police Station, have been charged with abetment to escape from lawful custody.

The nine, which includes a woman, pleaded not guilty to the charge. They have been remanded in custody, and are expected to reappear on the 13th of February.

Background

A gang of suspected armed robbers attacked the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters, which accommodates the Kwabenya Police Station, killing the officer on duty, and freeing cell inmates.

A total of seven inmates were freed but three of them have since been rearrested.

‘Cop killer busted’

Last Sunday, the Accra Police Command indicated that it had picked up the man believed to have shot the police officer dead.

The suspect was identified as Kofi Seshie, aged 28.

Seshie was arrested along with four other suspects in the early hours of Saturday at Kasoa, according to a statement from the police.

The statement said these latest arrests bring the number of people detained following the incident to eleven, after six suspects were arrested during the week.

The police had announced a GHc15,000 bounty for any information leading to the arrest of the other four suspects who were freed from police custody by the robbers.

The now deceased Police officer sustained gunshot wounds and died whilst receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.

He was the breadwinner for a family of seven with the youngest being three years.

‘No mercy’

Government has since condemned the attack on the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, assured that persons involved in the act will face the law.

“First of all government condemns the criminal conduct of these elements in the strongest possible terms. There is a manhunt for these criminal elements and we have no doubts in our minds that they will be brought to face justice.

“Government takes this opportunity to express its deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased policeman… While this is one of the isolated incidents that have unsettled the Ghanaian population, we wish to continue to assure the Ghanaian people that the security agencies are working to ensure the general safety of the population. The preventive mechanism of the Police Service remains intact which helps to nip such occurrences in the bud before they become full-blown criminal activities.”

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