An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to file disclosures in the case involving Augustine Okechuku Maazi over an alleged attempted robbery at Labone.
The report indicates that an Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to file disclosures in the case involving Augustine Okechuku Maazi over an alleged attempted robbery at Labone.
It further notes that maazi, an unemployed Nigerian national, is facing eight counts of conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery, attempted robbery and robbery. He pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the court.
The court remanded him into custody to reappear on Sept. 16, 2026.
The prosecution told the court that investigations were ongoing to apprehend Maazi’s alleged accomplices, who were at large.
It opposed any consideration of bail, insisting that Maazi had no fixed place of abode and was residing in a hotel.
The facts presented to the court identified the complainants as Emmanuel Kweku Archer, a businessman, and the Ghana Police Service.
The prosecution stated Police investigations had linked Maazi and five other suspects to a series of alleged robberies between May and August 13, 2026, in Tema, Spintex and Labone.
The prosecution alleged that the group had also operated in neighbouring Togo and Côte d’Ivoire.
It stated two of Maazi’s alleged accomplices died during a police operation on Aug. 13, 2026, when the group allegedly attempted to rob customers around banks at Labone.
The court heard that the Office of the Special Operations Assistant to the Inspector-General of Police (SOA-IGP) had received several complaints from bank customers in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area about alleged robberies by suspected armed robbery syndicates.
Following the complaints, a police surveillance team was deployed to monitor the activities of the suspected syndicate at various banks within the Greater Accra and Tema metropolitan areas.
The prosecution stated police received information that the group had operated at Zenith Bank and Fidelity Bank branches at Spintex on June 9 and June 11, 2026, respectively.
The suspects were allegedly captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) travelling in a Toyota Highlander and a Hyundai Tucson.
Police investigations, the court heard, indicated that the suspected gang members allegedly monitored bank customers, followed them after withdrawals and used master keys or force to gain access to their vehicles.
