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BEN OKEKE v. THE REPUBLIC

2012

SUPREME COURT

GHANA

CORAM

  • AKUFFO[MS.],(JSC),(PRESIDING),
  • ADINYIRA [MRS.], JSC
  • OWUSU [MS], JSC
  • YEBOAH, JSC
  • GBADEGBE, JSC

Areas of Law

  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Evidence Law

AI Generated Summary

This Supreme Court decision arises from a further appeal by Nigerian nationals resident in Ghana who, according to the Prosecution, committed two related robberies on 21 December 2000. In Tarkwa, guided by a man called C.K., they attacked security officers at Akoon Small Mining Company and stole a gold weighing machine and gold concentrate. They then assaulted a prosecution witness at Wasa-Manso, stole personal property and cash, loaded items into a vehicle, and fled before being apprehended by townspeople and handed to police. Tried at the Sekondi High Court, they were convicted of conspiracy and robbery and sentenced to 25 years on each count, concurrently; the Court of Appeal affirmed. Before the Supreme Court, the appellants challenged committal procedures, indictment amendment, jury direction on alibi and reasonable doubt, the absence of pleas on count three, and the timing of the two robberies. The Court held none of the grounds had merit, found no prejudice or misdirection, and affirmed the Court of Appeal’s judgment.