Sekondi Circuit sentenced Armed robber to 10 years in Prison

The Western Regional Police Command wishes to inform the public that on Monday, 9th June 2025, the Sekondi Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour Naa Amerley Akowuah, convicted a notorious armed robber, Stanley Afaku, a 36-year-old Nigerian national.

 

He was arrested and prosecuted following an intelligence-led operation carried out by the Regional Police Intelligence Directorate.

 

On 23rd February 2025, the convict and his accomplice Samuel Nickson Egya Acquah, attacked Nash Arthur, a security guard at Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital and   Sekondi at gunpoint.

During the robbery attack, the convict tied him with his shirt, stole his phone, broke into the hospital’s outpatient department pharmacy, and made away with a flat-screen television set.

 

Following intelligence efforts, suspect Stanley Afaku was arrested at Esiama Bafana Ghetto on June 4, 2025.

He admitted to the offence and identified his accomplice, Samuel Nickson, aka Agya Acquah, who is facing another charge of robbery.

Both suspects were arraigned before the court, where Stanley Afaku pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment to be deported by the Ghana Immigration Service upon completion of his jail term, while accused Samuel Nickson pleaded not guilty to both counts and was remanded into Police custody to re-appear