GCB cleaner jailed 25 years for his role in GH¢600,000 robbery
Michael Fosu is said to be among four persons who conspired to rob a customer of the bank of an amount of GH¢600,000.
The Cape Coast High Court has sentenced Michael Fosu, a cleaner with the Ghana Commercial Bank branch at Breman Asikuma in the Central Region, to 25 years in prison with hard labour, for his involvement in a GH¢600,000 robbery.
Michael Fosu is said to be among four persons who conspired to rob a customer of the bank of an amount of GH¢600,000.
The court however sentenced the three other accused persons, Ibrahim Abubakar, a scrap dealer; Muniru Seidu, labourer; Sadick Abubakar, farmer to 20 years each with hard labour.
According to the presiding judge, Justice Kwasi Boakye, even though Michael’s share of the robbery booty was the least, he was handed the higher sentence, so he could be dealt with.
The judge further described Michael’s behaviour as a threat to society.
“I take good note of the role he played in the commissioning of the robbery. For purposes of emphasis, the undisputed evidence is that Michael called one of the robbers on phone to alert him that the customer had withdrawn the money and was leaving the bank premises,” he said.
He further charged the security apparatus in crime-fighting in the country to direct their attention to suspicious characters within the banking sector in the wake of the recent surge in the number of robbery attacks on the banking sector.
On October 30, 2020, the police embarked on a search for the alleged robbers after a complaint was filed by Patrick Gyamerah, the manager of Nyankopa Cocoa Buying Ltd.
Prosecutors said a search in a taxi cab led to arrest of one of the suspects, Abubakar Ibrahim.
Abubakar Ibrahim is said to have had GH¢208,120.00 in a sack. He led police to Muniru Seidu’s house at Nsuokor village. A search on Muniru yielded GH¢54,800.
Abubakar Ibrahim then led police again to Michael Fosu, the bank cleaner’s house. A search in his room yielded GH¢8,000.
