Dispatch Rider Pleads Guilty To Robbing  Namibian High Commissioner’s Secretary 

The Circuit Court at Dansoman, presided over by Her Honour Nancy Teiko Searyoh, has fixed April 1, 2026, to sentence a 24-year-old dispatch rider who pleaded guilty to robbery and causing unlawful damage.

The accused, Daniel Asiuebi, pleaded guilty simpliciter to two counts of robbery and causing unlawful damage when he appeared before the court on Thursday.

Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Kwadwo Aboagye told the court that the complainant, Anneli Niinpungu Ananyanga, is the Secretary to the Namibian High Commissioner in Ghana, while the accused is a commercial dispatch rider residing at Soko near Shukura in Accra.

According to the prosecution, on February 23, 2026, at about 8:35 a.m., the complainant was walking along a street at the Airport Residential Area with her handbag containing valuables including an iPhone 15 Pro Max, a Huawei P50 Pro mobile phone, a Green Lion earpod, a blue purse and several identification and banking cards, all valued at GH¢36,176.00.

Other items in the bag included a Namibian diplomatic passport, Namibian driver’s licence, Ghanaian diplomatic card, Namibia national identity card, Namibian medical card, office and house keys, business cards, ATM cards, cash of GH¢500 and 160 Namibian dollars, and other personal effects.

The court heard that the accused, who was riding a black Royal 125A motorbike with registration number M-25-GW 2512, forcefully snatched the handbag from the complainant in front of the World Health Organization office at the Airport Residential Area and sped off.

A report was made to the Police, and the stolen iPhone was tracked to Agbogbloshie, where it was found in the possession of one Miracle Asare, who was arrested.

Further investigations led to the arrest of phone dealers at Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Dansoman, who had purchased the stolen phones. The dealers later mentioned the accused as the person who sold the phones to them, leading to his arrest.

During investigations, the accused admitted the offence in his caution statement and told Police that after robbing the complainant, he sold the phones, used the proceeds for his personal needs, and burnt the remaining items.

He further confessed to committing similar robberies at Kaneshie, Achimota and the Airport Residential Area on previous occasions. Following his guilty plea, the court convicted him on his own plea and deferred sentencing to April 1, 2026.

 

 

 

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