Two off-duty police officers have been remanded in custody for robbery-related charges.
Both Lance Corporals, Philmon Agbevem and Peter Kwame Badagbor were hauled before the Accra Circuit Court.
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery.
The two officers stationed at the Accra Central District Police Command allegedly attacked one Emmanuel Amertodor and stole GH₵3,700 from him.
The facts suggest that on July 21, 2024, the two officers on a motorcycle with registration number GP 8145 apprehended the complainant (Emmanuel Amertodor).
He was arrested on grounds that he and his pillion rider had stolen a purse containing a mobile phone and other personal effects from a lady at the National Theatre and were heading towards the Thomas Sankara roundabout.
According to the prosecution, the officers, dressed in their uniforms and armed with rifles, trailed the motorcyclists and stopped them at the Christ the King traffic light in front of the Jubilee House.
In trying to apprehend them, the rider escaped, but the pillion rider, the complainant, was arrested.
The prosecution said the two police officers then subjected the complainant to severe beatings and handcuffed him.
They forcefully transferred GH₵3,700 from the complainant’s phone to a mobile phone number with the name Hope Alovordzi and then took GH₵120 from him.
The matter was reported to the Cantonments Police and later transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department for further investigation.
The accused officers were arrested on August 8, 2024.
Although they admitted to arresting the complainant, they denied the robbery charges.
Represented by their counsel, Andrew Vortia, the two officers have denied all charges.
They are scheduled to reappear before the court, presided over by Mrs. Evelyn Asamoah, on September 10, 2024.