The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced two men to 20 years’ imprisonment each with hard labour for robbing a motorbike at Edwenase, near Jacobu, in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.
The convicts, Emmanuel Adams, 23, a galamsey operator, and Vincent Aidoo, 22, an Okada rider popularly known as Kakai, were sentenced by the court presided over by His Honour Isaac Appiatu.
According to the Ashanti South Regional Police Command, the robbery occurred on October 4, 2026, within the jurisdiction of the Bekwai Circuit Court.
The Court Officer and Acting Public Affairs Officer of the Command, ASP Lloyd Baidoo, disclosed the sentences to Adom News correspondent Isaac K. Normanyo at the court.
He said each convict would serve 20 years in prison with hard labour, bringing their combined sentence to 40 years.
ASP Baidoo cautioned young people against engaging in robbery and other criminal activities, warning that those arrested for such offences would be prosecuted in accordance with the law.
