HOW WE THIEF GOAT

Two out of six men who have specialized in stealing sheep and goats of people within Kade, Abriem and its environs in the Eastern region, have been arrested by the police.

The men were arrested by a team of police personnel led by DSP Samuel Ntosoh at Nsawam near the Nsawam Prisons, upon a tipoff.

They are Yaw Koranteng, 30 and Kwame Osei, 32. ASP S. Addom, who narrated the incident to Daily Guide, said on January 20, 2012, around 8:00am, the Nsawam police were tipped off that a Nissan Urvan mini bus registered GS 3266-10 and driven by Yaw Adjei, with passengers on board, was carrying prohibited goods.

A team of police personnel led by a senior police officer was dispatched to the scene and intercepted the vehicle near the Nsawam prisons.

When a search was conducted on the bus, five fertilizer sacks were found with goats and three sheep carcasses in them.

Upon interrogation, the passengers named Yaw Koranteng and kwame Osei as owners of the sacks.

Further investigations revealed that the men, together with four others, had stolen a number of sheep and goats from victim at Abriem around 3:30am of January 20, 2012.

Upon getting to kade, eight of the animal had died and so the two suspects stayed behind to prepare them so they could later transport them to Accra and sell them to food vendors.

The ring leader, Alhaji Bolaji, had transported the remaining live animals to Accra aboard a kia truck.

The two suspects have since been sent to court and charged with possessing stolen property.

The police are however looking for suspect Alhaji Bolaji…By Linda Tenyah

House wife pleads guilty of attempt to steal goats

A housewife, Omolara Jimah, 39, recently appeared in an Omu-Aron Area Court for alleged attempt to steal some goats.

Jimoh, who lives in Latinwo area of Omu-Aran is standing trial on one-count of attempted stealing.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Adeola Adeboye, told the court that the accused attempted to steal some goats at Oke-Esa Compound, Omu-Aran, at 6:00am. On April 24.

He said that the accused had on the said date engaged a boy, whose name he did not disclose, to assist her to catch the goats, which belonged to one Mrs Racheal James.

Adeboye added that jimoh  was found in possession some ropes, a torch light and some sacks to aid her illegal action. The prosecutor said that James, who noticed suspicious moment around the goats, promptly raised on alarm which led to the arrest of Jimoh by a member of the town vigilance group.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 95 of the Penal Code. The accused, who did not have legal representation during the trial, however, pleaded guilty to the charge.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused, in her confessional statement in court, blamed the act on the devil.

She told the court that she had intended using the proceeds from the sale of the goat to settle “an old debt.”

“Although this is my second time of stealing goats, my intention was to settle an debt which had hooked my neck,” Jimoh said.

The Judge, Mr Abolade Banigbe granted bail to the accused in the sum of N50, 000, with one surely in like sum.