THE REPUBLIC v. SULEY IBRAHIM AND YAKUBU MOHAMMED

J U D G M E N T

The accused persons were charged with two counts of offences as follows:

COUNT ONE

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

CONSPIRACY to commit crime, to wit Stealing: Contrary to sections 23(1) and 124(1)

of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960, Act 29

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

1.SULEY IBRAHIM, 25 YEARS HERBALIST,2. YAKUBU MOHAMMED 19 YEARS,

A FARMER that you on the 24th day of October 2022 at Kparepkare in the Jasikan

Circuit in the Oti region of the Republic of Ghana and within the jurisdiction of this

court did agree to act together with a common purpose to commit a criminal offence

to wit stealing.COUNT TWO

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

STEALING: Contrary to section 124(1) of the criminal and other offences Act, 1960,

Act 29

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

1.SULEY IBRAHIM, 25 YEARS HERBALIST,2. YAKUBU MOHAMMED 19 YEARS,

A FARMER that you on the 24th day of October 2022 at Kparepkare in the Jasikan

Circuit in the Oti region of the Republic of Ghana and within the jurisdiction of this

court did dishonestly appropriate two female cows valued GHS14,000.00 the

properties of Alhaji Manu Umaru and Ibrahim Mahama.

THE BRIEF FACTS

The brief facts of the case as attached to the charge written by No.56309 G/Constable

Prince Oduro and presented to court by ASP Alhassan Abdul Razak are that the

complainants are one Ibrahim Mahama, a Fulani herdsman lies at Kparekpare and

Alhaji Manu Umaru a businessman living at Dambai kana.Accused persons Suley

Ibrahim,A1 a herbalist lives at Dambai Wankayaw and Yakubu Mohammed A2. A

farmer also lives at Kechebi in the Nkwanta West district. The complainants have

kraals at Kparekpare where there are Fulani herdsmen taking care of the animals. On

25th October 2022 about 6.00am the caretakers of the complainants noticed the missing

of one cow each from the two kraals and duly informed the complainants. The first

complainant called one of his brothers by name Usmanu who resides at Nkwanta to

assists him to locate the culprits. He then proceeded to Nkwanta to enquire about the

missing cows. On his way back to Kparekpare he had information that a certain

vehicle was seen conveying some cattle from Dambai to Nkwanta and a phone

belonging to one of the occupants fell from the vehicle at Kele which they suspect the

owner of the phone to be involved in the stealing of the animals. The first complainant

took custody of the phone and traced its ownership to A2 who was arrested andsubsequently A1 too was arrested and the tw