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General news for Friday, October 2, 2020
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
2020-10-02
Stock photo of a man in handcuffs
Abdullah Mohammed, now 27, who was jailed for 25 years for allegedly stealing GH ¢ 10, has recounted his painful experience and how he was wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit.
Appearing on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, she lamented that her ordeal in prison was hell because the food they were given was nothing special.
He said that the ordeal of the prisoners in Ghana that he pointed to is horrible and did not reform the people who are supposed to be reformed.
Abdullah Mohammed was under 16 years old when he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Kumasi Central Prison for allegedly robbing someone ¢ 10.00 GH.
In addition to being imprisoned for 25 years as a minor, he was also sentenced to an adult prison, where he already spent 10 years of his sentence. Abdallah Mohammed, 25, had exactly eight days to celebrate his 16th birthday.
In recounting his ordeal, he revealed how he was arrested by a mob, along with an alleged accomplice, Seidu Elliasu, 25, (merchant) in Akwatia Line, Kumasi in the Ashanti region for allegedly attacking a Moro Haruna and stealing his GH ¢ 10.00 and bunch of keys.
Abdallah, 15 years old at the time, and his alleged accomplice, Seidu, were tried in court and charged with two counts; (a) Conspiracy to commit a crime contrary to article 23 (1) of Law 29/60 and (b) Theft, which is contrary to article 149 of the 1960 Penal Code of Law 29.
However, it was revealed through an initiative of Crime Watch and Rainbow Radio that the young man was not informed about the arrest and prosecution, contrary to the provisions of the juvenile criminal justice law, which required the presence of the parents or guardians of the minor before questioning.
According to details provided in court, the complainant, Moro Haruna, who lived in Amoeba, a Kumasi suburb on June 23, 2009, while returning home from a visit, came across the two defendants, Abdallah and Seidu, who They physically assaulted him and ordered him to hand over everything about himself, but according to him (Moro Haruna), he refused to comply with the order.
He said, Seidu then held his shirt against his neck while Abdallah reached into his pocket and pulled out GH ¢ 10.00 cash and a bunch of keys.
But Mohammed says he knew nothing about the incident.
According to him, the day of the incident he was only passing through the area with one.
During questioning, the complainant, Haruna, and the first defendant, Seidu, were said to have admitted that they did not know the suspect Mohammed.
On July 27, 2009, the court chaired by His Honorable Emmanuel Amo-Yartey read its sentence and sentenced the defendants to 25 years in prison with forced labor.
In reaction to all this, Mohammed insisted that he was mistakenly arrested, tried, and sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labor for a crime he did not commit at age 16.
His ordeal, he added, was not only painful but traumatic and he would not wish that on anyone.
Meanwhile, Mr. George Owoo, Program Manager of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights, described the incident as regrettable.
According to him, Mohammed can bring a case against the state because his rights have been abused.
The sentence handed down to Mohammed said it was illegal.
He explained that the maximum sentence for Mohammed at the time was three months to three years and not 25 years and even the three years he should have for crimes such as robbery, murder and other related crimes.
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