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  • Teacher killed in fatal motorbike crash at Assin

    Teacher killed in fatal motorbike crash at Assin

    A devastating accident on Monday morning at around 7:30 a.m. in Assin Dansame, Central Region, led to the death of 34-year-old teacher Michael Brobbey.

    Brobbey, who taught at Assin Breman near Assin Kushia, was traveling to school on his motorbike from Assin Breku when an oncoming vehicle attempted to overtake another. In an effort to avoid a crash, he veered onto the pedestrian lane but was hit from behind by a KIA vehicle with registration number GF-4723-22, resulting in his immediate death.

    Authorities from the Assin North Police were alerted and quickly arrived at the scene to transport the body to the mortuary. The driver of the KIA vehicle, whose name has not yet been released, has been taken into custody to assist with the investigation.

    The accident site has now been cleared, allowing traffic to resume smoothly.

    The loss of Brobbey, fondly called “Kobii,” has left the Assin Breku community in deep sorrow, with students, colleagues, and loved ones mourning his sudden passing.

  • Benin national scammed in Ghana, loses motorbike and phone

    Benin national scammed in Ghana, loses motorbike and phone

    A young man from Benin, who travelled to Ghana in search of better opportunities, has tragically fallen victim to a scam, losing both his motorbike and mobile phone.

    In a video shared on Instagram, a passerby, noticing the foreigner’s distressed appearance, approached him to learn about his unfortunate ordeal.

    According to the passerby’s account, the foreigner had been offering okada (motorbike taxi) services when an individual hired him for a ride.

    After completing some rounds, the scammer deceived the foreigner by asking to use his phone to make a call. Trusting the man, the foreigner also handed over his motorbike key. The scammer then fled with both the phone and motorbike, leaving the young man stranded.

  • Suspected thief beaten, tied to light pole over motorbike theft

    Suspected thief beaten, tied to light pole over motorbike theft

    A young man suspected of stealing motorbikes in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region had his luck run out when he was apprehended by furious locals.

    In a video shared on the social media platform X, the alleged thief was seen enduring harsh treatment, including repeated punches to his stomach by a large man while he was handcuffed to an electric pole.

    Unable to withstand the excruciating pain, the suspect was heard begging for mercy as his assailants continued the assault.

    In a separate incident in Accra, a motorbike rider involved in phone snatching barely escaped with his life in Dansoman after seizing someone’s phone.

    However, his motorbike, which he abandoned while fleeing with the stolen phone, was set on fire by bystanders who had witnessed the theft.

  • Police motor rider crashed to death at Pataasi

    Police motor rider crashed to death at Pataasi

    A Police officer has tragically been killed after being run over by a Honda CRV in Pataasi, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital.

    Reports indicate that the officer, who was part of the police visibility team, was riding his motorbike when the accident occurred on August 19, 2024.

    Viral footage from the scene reveals the motorbike trapped beneath the Honda CRV, surrounded by a pool of blood.

    The car’s front end suffered significant damage, with the bumper entirely detached.

    In one of the videos, a bystander can be heard commenting in Twi,”the policeman died on the spot,” he said.

  • Angry residents force suspected thief to swim in filthy gutter

    Angry residents force suspected thief to swim in filthy gutter

    Furious residents in a local neighborhood took drastic measures after catching a motorbike thief in the act.

    The thief was seized by an enraged mob and subjected to an unusual punishment: he was made to swim in a clogged gutter as retribution for his crime.

    Eyewitnesses reported that the incident occurred early in the morning when the thief attempted to steal a motorbike parked outside a residence.

    The motorbike’s owner noticed the suspicious behavior and raised an alarm, drawing the attention of nearby residents.

    A crowd quickly assembled, capturing the thief before he could flee.

    The thief was then dragged to a nearby gutter filled with trash and stagnant water, where he was compelled to wade through the filthy liquid as a warning to others considering similar crimes.

  • A/R: Motorbike collision burns 2 at Kwaagyekrom

    A/R: Motorbike collision burns 2 at Kwaagyekrom

    A tragic head-on collision between two motorbikes on Tuesday, July 2, resulted in two fatalities, leaving the local community of Kwaagyekrom in the Offinso South Municipality of the Ashanti Region in shock.

    Witnesses reported that the impact of the collision caused one of the motorbikes to catch fire, leading to one of the victims being burned beyond recognition.

    The other victim succumbed to his injuries shortly after the incident.

    Alhassan Hamidu, the Assembly Member for the area, told Accra-based Asaase Radio that another victim is in critical condition, with doctors urgently working to save his life.

    “They [the deceased] belong to one family; an uncle and a nephew. One of them had parked on the shoulders of the road making a phone call when the other who was on top speed developed a fault but suddenly crashed into the stationary bike and the impact sparked fire burning one of them beyond recognition.”

    “The other one who sustained severe injuries, however, died while receiving treatment at the St Patrick’s hospital.”

    “Currently, one has been discharged, but another is in critical condition. For now, the police have directed that we convey the motorbike from the scene while the investigation continues,” he said.

    The deceased have been identified as Abudu Seidu, 45, and Aminu Sulemana, 19. They have since been buried according to Islamic traditions.

  • Next NDC administration to set up electric motorbike assembly facility – Mahama

    Next NDC administration to set up electric motorbike assembly facility – Mahama

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to commercial motor riders, commonly known as ‘okada riders,’ that he will set up an electric motorbike assembly plant in the country if re-elected as president in the 2024 general elections.

    He stated that these electric bikes would be available to okada riders through a hire-purchase scheme.

    In a report on citinewsroom.com, the former president, speaking to okada riders in Ashaiman, said,

    “The good news is that I have spoken with two companies, they are going to open an assembling plant for electric motorbikes. That will be given out on hire purchase, work and pay, then you will pay in bits. Such motors don’t consume petrol, the battery will be charged down.”

    “When you ride and your battery falls, you can visit the exchange battery centre and then the battery will be taken out and replaced with a new one. You pay a small fee and then you continue with your work,” he said.

    John Dramani Mahama reaffirmed his promise to decriminalize commercial motorbike operations if he is elected.

    The NDC’s flagbearer contends that, with proper regulation, motorbikes can serve as an effective and safe mode of transportation.

    He said, “We want your support in ensuring the law works. You have to punish your members who will go contrary to the law. Your safety will be the number one thing, you will observe road instructions at all times. Your work is very important.

    “You will be asked to wear reflective jackets so that people will see you from far. Many motorbikers are thieves, so we will register all of you to sniff out the thieves.”

  • Court remands house-help who stole boss’ $16,000

    Court remands house-help who stole boss’ $16,000

    A 27-year-old house-help, accused of stealing USD 16,000 belonging to his employer, Mdaihli Fadlelah, and making off with his boss’s Apsonic motorbike valued at GH₵ 8,000, has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court.

    The accused, Thomas Yokpo, is alleged to have used the stolen money to travel to Nigeria in pursuit of better opportunities. Yakpo pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft.

    The Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Afia Owusuaa Appiah, has remanded the accused, Thomas Yokpo, to reappear on October 31, 2023, for a Case Management Conference (CMC). The Court directed the prosecution to file and serve all disclosures and witness statements before the next adjourned date.

    According to the prosecution, represented by Police Inspector Nana Akua Boatemaa, who stood in for Police Inspector Wisdom Alorwu, the complainant, Mr. Mdaihli Fadlelah, is a businessman residing at Regimanuel Estate, Spintex Road. The accused person, Thomas Yokpo, lived in the complainant’s house.

    The prosecution explained that on March 14, 2023, the complainant entrusted USD 16,000.00 to the accused person with instructions to deliver it to someone named Ali on Spintex Road. However, after receiving the money, the accused person allegedly absconded with it along with the complainant’s Apsonic motorbike valued at GH₵ 8,000.00, traveling to an unknown destination.

    During the investigation, the police learned that the accused person had left the motorbike with a friend in Koforidua, who also served as a witness in the case, and had traveled to Nigeria in search of better opportunities.

    The prosecution reported that on September 27, 2023, Richmond Annin, the accused person’s friend in Koforidua, was arrested, and it was through him that the accused person returned from Nigeria to Ghana. The accused person was subsequently arrested on September 30, 2023.

    In his caution statement during the investigation, the accused person confessed to the offenses as stated in the charge sheet. He revealed that it was his friend, Gideon (who is now at large), who aided him in absconding with the money and the motorbike. The motorbike has since been retrieved and is in the possession of the police.

  • British couple died in Spain after crashing their motorbike

    British couple died in Spain after crashing their motorbike

    Two people from Britain who were on vacation have died in northern Spain after falling off the motorcycle they were riding.

    The couple, both 68 and 65 years old, were in the town called Blanes in the province of Asturias when they had a deadly accident yesterday.

    Emergency services were called to the A-8 motorway at about 5. 30 pm because it was raining heavily in that area.

    The woman was lying on the road when another vehicle hit her. Firefighters had to rescue her by cutting her free from under the car.

    The man was hit by another vehicle, possibly a lorry, after he fell off his motorbike.

    They were declared dead where it happened.

    The police are currently investigating something and they haven’t finished yet.

    A representative for the police said today that two people from Britain died in a car crash on the A8 highway near the Balmori exit in Blanes.

    They were a pair who were 68 and 65 years old.

    They were going west towards the provincial capital Oviedo when the motorbike they were riding on fell over. We still don’t know why it happened and are investigating the reasons.

    According to sources, it seems like they were not living in Spain and were probably just visiting on vacation.

    It was not clear right away where the two British people were going when they had their sad accident.

    Many tourists like to go to Blanes because it is famous for its rough and rocky shoreline. Many people think it is one of the prettiest towns in Spain.

    A lot of people from this place moved to the Americas to become rich and some of them came back with lots of money and built big houses called ‘Indianas. ‘

  • 1 lynched over suspected motorbike theft

    1 lynched over suspected motorbike theft

    A suspected motorbike thief was lynched in Obuotumpan, a community close to Nyamekrom in the Eastern Region.

    Information gathered by Starr News indicates that, somewhere in May 2023, an unregistered motorbike belonging to Samuel Awuku alias Nana Yaw Abodee was stolen but he failed to report to police.

    However, came across the motorbike on July 2, 2023, at about 4:00pm, ridden by one Ayawa with 26-year-old Augustine Minta alias Kwaku Attah as a pillion rider.

    The owner of the motorbike immediately pulled a gun and shot at the moving motorbike causing it to crash.

    But the rider Ayawa managed to escape with the motorbike leaving the pillion rider who was violently accosted and arrested.

    Samuel Awuku grabbed and dragged the pillion rider to his uncle’s house and threatened to deal with him.

    Shortly, a mob of young men wielding single-barrel guns, sticks, and clubs joined Samuel Awuku and dragged the victim to the father’s house of Ayawa who escaped to search for him and the motorbike.

    However, on their way from Ampedwe to Obuotumpan they subjected the victim to severe beaten until he became unconscious and was abandoned.

    Police proceeded to the scene and found the victim in a supine position dead with the right wrist almost cut off, with bruises all over his body.

    He was conveyed to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he was medically confirmed dead.

    Post mortem report by Dr. Collins Osei Kissi gave the cause of death as “a Multiple blunt force trauma to the head II. Chop would to the right wrist”.

    Samuel Awuku was arrested on July 17, 2023, and arraigned before Koforidua District Court “A” the following day on charge of murder.

    The prosecutor Sergeant George Defia prayed the Court to remand the accused person to enable police conduct further investigation to arrest six other identified accomplices.

    The court granted the request and remanded the accused to reappear August 2, 2023.

  • Unknown gunmen kill 32-year-old man at Yendi

    A 32-year-old man, Abdul Jalil Mohammed, has been shot and killed by unknown gunmen at Yendi in the Northern Region.

    According to a Citinewsroom.com report sighted by GhanaWeb, the deceased was shot while he was riding on a motorbike.

    As confirmed by the Assembly Man for Gbuntingli electoral, the deceased has since been buried in line with Islamic custom.

    Meanwhile, a police investigation is currently underway to unravel the circumstance of the shooting and also bring the perpetrators to book.

    The death of Jalil Mohammed comes some two weeks after another person was also killed similarly in the town.

     

     

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Use of motorbikes banned in Bawku

    The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council has banned the use of motorbikes in Bawku.

    The move is part of sweeping actions being taken by the security council to instill peace in the area following renewed clashes.

    The action affects both male and female riders. It however excludes tricycles.

    On January 10, 2021, the regional security council banned pillion from the area. Pillion is a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist. The ban however does not include women riders picking fellow women on their bikes.

    On Sunday evening four people were reported to have been shot dead in the renewed shootings.

    According to a source, the shooting which allegedly started on the morning of Sunday, January 23, was first heard around the central business area of the town which has been embroiled in sporadic shootings since November 2021.

    Source: starrfm.com.g

  • Government urged to ensure registration of motorbikes

    The government has been advised to adopt strict measures to ensure the registration of all motorbikes.

    “It is a necessity, particularly, for the Ghana Police Service to make sure that no motorbike gets on the road without its identity being known,” Mr Kwadwo Bamba, a youth activist, has said.

    A comprehensive licensing system capturing the data of the motorbikes and their owners had become imperative, he said.

    The youth activist, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi, decried the rate at which unregistered and unlicensed motorbikes were being used for criminal activities in recent times.

    Mr. Bamba, a member of the Ashanti Regional Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), cited the killing of the late Lance Corporal Emmanuel Osei by men on unregistered motorbikes during the bullion van robbery attack in Accra.

    He described the loss of the police personnel as unfortunate and expressed the hope that the perpetrators of the crime would be apprehended and brought to book.

    Mr Bamba encouraged the youth to work hard in their respective fields of endeavour for sustainable development of the country.

    Source: GNA

  • Police impound Motorbikes over traffic offences

    The Accra Regional Police Command has seized 60 motorbikes from their riders for flouting various traffic regulations.

    The riders were also arrested for various offences including riding without riders’ licence, uninsured motor bikes and unlicensed motorbikes. They are currently been screened.

    The Madina Divisional Police Command carried of the operation on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at about 0800 hours.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Regional Command, made these known to the Ghana News Agency.

    She said the exercise, meant to clampdown on recalcitrant motor riders was carried out by the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate of the Ghana Police Service.

    “The team of personnel embarked on an operation to clamp down on recalcitrant motor bike riders who rode with impunity without regard to other road users,” she said.

    She said all the sixty (60) motor bikes which were arrested had been impounded at the Divisional Headquarters.

    Source: GNA

  • Police impound 200 motorbikes in Accra

    The police have impounded an additional 200 motorbikes from riders for allegedly disregarding the social distancing protocol in various parts of the Greater Accra Region.

    Some of the riders were also detained while others bolted and abandoned their motorbikes upon seeing the police.

    The operation, dubbed “Operation social distancing,” was based on a directive from the Accra Regional Police Command to all divisional commands in the region following an earlier operation by the regional command in which 130 motorbikes were impounded, and some riders arrested.

    Operation

    Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Frederick Adu, said the operations were carried out by the Baatsona, Kaneshie, Dansoman, Nima and the Tesano divisional police commands in their jurisdictions while the Accra Central Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) also joined in the exercise in their area of responsibility.

    He said the Dansoman Division impounded 60 bikes, Kaneshie, 40; Accra Central MTTD, 40; Tesano, 31; Baatsona, 19 and Nima, 10.

    Prosecution

    Mr Adu Anim explained that the operation was meant to enforce social distancing on motorbikes as part of measures to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

    “Motorbike riders are banned from picking a pillion rider in order to observe the social distancing protocol and prevent the spread of the coronavirus as directed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” he said.

    He said the riders who were arrested had been screened and would be put before the Motor Courts.

    Ongoing exercise

    DCOP Anim said many people had misconstrued the lifting of the partial lockdown as freedom to go back to normal life and reminded all that, all the directives outlined by the President to help curb the spread of the infection were still in force.

    “The public is reminded that all the directives the President has outlined, including the ban on social, public and religious gatherings, motorbike riders carrying pillion riders to encourage social distancing are very much in place and they are advised to comply.”

    The exercise, DCOP Anim stressed, had not ended and warned that the police were likely to impound more motorbikes.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Man jailed 10 years for stealing motorbike

    A twenty-four-year-old Man, Madji Solomon, has been jailed for 10 years for forcefully stealing a motorbike of a farmer in Dodowa of the Greater Accra Region.

    The motorbike, worth 3,700.00 Ghana Cedis with registration number M-19-GR 9643, belongs to Mr. Prince Nartey, the complainant, who also uses the motorbike for commercial purposes(OKADA).

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    Chief Inspector Nunoo Mensah, prosecuting, stated that, the accused person on 30th September 2019 at about 8:30pm hired the services of the complainant from Dodowa to Valley Freshwater Company at Odumase.

    According to the prosecution, the accused person upon reaching a certain location ordered the Okada rider to stop.

    Mr Mensah revealed that the accused clubbed the complainant and snatched the motorbike and bolted with three other accomplices.

    The Prosecuting narrated that the complainant on the 10th of October 2019 saw Mr. Francis Chewu with the motorbike and called for his arrest.

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    Mr. Mensah added that Mr.Chewu assisted the police to arrest the accused from his hideout in Dodowa and was duly arraigned before the court.

    The accused pleaded guilty of the crime and prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.

    Mr. Gabriel Mate- Teye, the presiding judge, Ashaiman district circuit court, sentenced the accused to 10 years with hard labour saying the act was contrary to section 149 of the act of the criminal offence.

    He added that the punishment would serve as a deterrent to others from engaging in such unlawful ventures.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org