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Embattled OWASS students arrested for robbery granted bail
On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the Kumasi Metropolitan Circuit Court released three Opoku Ware School (OWASS) students on bail with five sureties apiece after they were accused of trying to steal a car.
Last Friday, August 12, 2022, when they hired the driver from the Santasi Rattray Park Danyame ridge area, they allegedly tried to steal a taxi from him.
On September 1, 2022, the suspects must show up in court once more. The three students are accused of conspiring to rob, robbing, and causing unlawful damage.
Embattled OWASS students arrested for robbery granted bail
Abdul Razak Musah, the presiding judge, granted them GH80,000 bail with five sureties apiece.
Two of the suspects are 17 years old, while the third is a 19-year-old named Kwadwo Osei Asubonteng.
The three suspects, all final-year students, were claimed to have booked a taxi from the Santasi roundabout area around 11 p.m. on Friday to take them home.
When they arrived to the Golden Tulip (Rattray Park) location halfway through the ride, they pulled out knives and forced the driver to relinquish the vehicle.
The driver fought with them, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and crash into a tree near the Vienna City Night Club.
The driver fought with them, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and crash into a tree near the Vienna City Night Club.
The loud noise from the accident drew a lot of people from the pub, who presumably raced out to help those in the vehicle.
When they got closer, the driver yelled, “armed robbers, armed robbers,” forcing one of the students to flee while the other two were apprehended.
The eldest brother, Kwadwo Osei Asubonteng, is alleged to have fled the scene.
