Tag Archives: gang

Bechem SHS gang-rape: 5 final year students granted GH¢100,000 bail each

The Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties each to four students of the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) who allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old form one student at the school. Other two suspects, Hamida Kyeremaa and another (name withheld) who were charged with aiding and abetment …

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E/R: Woman hot for labeling Okyenhene and taskforce criminal gang

Yaa Asantewaa, also known as Getty, a resident of Asuaba community in Upper West Akyem District, Eastern Region, has sparked outrage among chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa for labeling Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin and the Okyeman Land Protection Taskforce as criminal gangs. Her remarks come in the wake of community …

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Axim galamsey gang leader Kwame Ato Asare allegedly beats up uncle for testifying against him

Famous Axim galamsey leader, Kwame Ato Asare Ani who was arrested after a video of him with some illegal miners, molesting a police officer at a galamsey site to the point where the police officer knelt down to apologise went viral, has once again made headlines following reports of an …

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Two Ghanaian players arrested in India for allegedly gang-raping jobless lady

Two Ghanaian footballers and a woman have been arrested in India over the alleged rape of a lady in her twenties seeking a job. The Ghanaian footballers accused of gang-raping the lady have been identified as Christopher Nars (28) and Moses Zutah (24). In a report by the Times of …

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Gangsterism, terrorism and rape: Reported lifestyle of 22-year-old galamsey gang leader

Kwame Ato Asare Ani is the name currently dominating the media space in Ghana following events around a viral video in which he and a group of men were captured in a heated confrontation with some police officers. The police have since labeled him as the leader of a criminal …

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Another video of Axim galamsey gang leader ‘molesting’ man in military uniform pops up

Kwame Ato Asare Ani, an alleged leader of a galamsey (illegal small-scale mining) gang in Axim, a community in the West Region, has made headlines over the past few days after a viral video showed a policeman on his knees begging him. GhanaWeb on Sunday, April 2, 2023, reported about a …

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I am an informant, not a robber – Leader of galamsey gang declared wanted by police speaks from hideout

Kwame Ato Asare Ani, a man declared wanted by the Ghana Police Service has spoken from a hideout explaining a circumstances under which he was captured in a standoff with some police officers. According to him, he is not an armed robber as described by the Ghana Police Service but rather an informant to …

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8-month pregnant woman gang-raped by cattle herders

Two cattle herders have pleaded guilty to abducting and raping a woman after being arraigned before an area court in Gwagwalada in the FCT on Tuesday, March 7.   The Prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the defendants, Nuru Tukur (21) and Yusufa Haruna (29), on February 25, abducted …

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Cultists kidnap pastor’s wife, gang-rape her to death for allegedly gossiping about them

A bereaved Nigerian pastor is calling on the country’s law enforcement agencies to help him get justice for his wife who was kidnapped, gang-raped and killed. According to Pastor Lawyer Steward in Rivers, the cultists accused his now-deceased wife, Chigbewejim Steward of gossiping about them. The unfortunate incident occurred at Abarikpo …

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