Painter Granted GH¢1 Million Bail Over Theft of Bank of Ghana Cables

Ahmed Mohammed Lawal was granted GH¢1 million bail by an Accra Circuit Court after being accused of stealing electrical cables from the Bank of Ghana. The case has been adjourned to May 7, 2025, with Lawal denying the charges against him. Evidence from CCTV footage implicates him and two others in the crime.

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to a painter, Ahmed Mohammed Lawal, accused of stealing electrical cables from the Bank of Ghana building at Ridge. He is to be released on bail amounting to GH¢1 million, provided he secures two sureties. The presiding judge, Mr. Isaac Addo, instructed the prosecution to adhere to disclosure regulations in this case, which has been adjourned until May 7, 2025.

Lawal faces charges of unlawful entry and theft of electrical cables valued at GH¢1,035,500, charges he formally denies. During the proceedings, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agustin Kingsley Oppong informed the Court that the incident was reported by Samuel Nii Tettey and Davidson Mensah Otinkorang, who are employed as a safety officer and an electrical engineer at the under-construction Bank of Ghana building.

On February 16, 2025, Tettey discovered a break-in at the Energy Farm on site, leading to the loss of various copper cables. The prosecution presented evidence from the Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage, which reportedly captured Lawal and two accomplices stealing the cables. The stolen materials were stored at the Energy Farm, where the accused and his associates gained access through a scaffold and cut the cables using sharp tools.

Further investigation indicated that Lawal sold part of the stolen cables at Kwame Nkrumah Circles, profiting GH¢2,000 from the transaction. Despite this, he has failed to provide information to assist law enforcement in locating the other suspects involved in the theft, as well as the purported “dishonest receiver.”

Ahmed Mohammed Lawal has been granted GH¢1 million bail after being accused of stealing electrical cables from the Bank of Ghana. The Court instructed adherence to disclosure regulations, with the next hearing scheduled for May 7, 2025. Lawal’s involvement, alongside two accomplices, is supported by CCTV evidence, yet he has not led police to his accomplices or the individual to whom he sold the cables.

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