An Accra Circuit Courtroom has remanded two cops, Lance Corporal William Atia Asitanga and Lance Corporal Sulemana Zanya Abdul-Rahman, for his or her alleged roles within the theft of 16 CZ assault rifles from a police armoury, a case that has sparked critical considerations over safety lapses inside the Ghana Police Service.
Presiding Decide, Her Honour Evelyn Asamoah, heard that the incident occurred in March 2024 on the Nationwide Counter Terrorism Division in Accra, the place Asitanga, 32, was serving because the division’s armourer.
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He has been charged with stealing the rifles, whereas Abdul-Rahman, 27, stationed at Asiwa within the Bekwai District of the Ashanti Area, faces a cost of abetting the theft.
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Each pleaded not responsible, as per the Ghana Information Company.
Prosecutor Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye informed the courtroom that an inside audit uncovered the lacking rifles.
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Asitanga, who was solely chargeable for managing the division’s arms and ammunition, couldn’t account for them. Subsequent investigations linked Abdul-Rahman to the alleged theft.
The courtroom has ordered the 2 to be held in police custody as investigations proceed. They’re anticipated to reappear earlier than the courtroom on August 20, 2025.
DSP Nyamekye added that each officers are cooperating with investigators.
The disappearance of the rifles from a delicate safety unit has raised alarms over potential dangers to nationwide safety and public security ought to the weapons fall into the incorrect arms.
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The case has additionally renewed requires stricter oversight and tighter safety measures in armoury administration inside the nation’s safety companies.
The Ghana Police Service has not but launched a public assertion on the matter, however the resolution to remand the accused officers displays the seriousness with which the case is being handled.
