Ghana: Military Officer, 7 Others Remanded Over Fuel Tanker Robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded seven people, including a military officer, for allegedly robbing a fuel tanker driver of his vehicle and diesel.

Corporal Bernard Bortey, a soldier at the Teaching and Doctrine College of the Ghana Armed Forces, is charged alongside two fugitives, Raphel Amartey and one Arhin. Bortey was arrested while allegedly attempting to siphon the stolen fuel. He denied conspiring with the fugitives.

The other accused, Mark Abito, Ganiu Abdulai, Atiiga Barnabas, Awini…