36 Year Old Nigerian Jailed 10 Years For Robbery

Sekondi Circuit Court has sentenced a 36 year old Nigerian national, Stanley Afaku, to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to armed robbery. The conviction, announced by the Ghana Police Service in a press release dated June 12, 2025, follows a violent incident earlier this year at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region. According to the statement signed by Superintendent Olivia E.T. Adiku, Head of the Public Affairs Unit at the Regional Police Headquarters in Sekondi, the conviction was handed down on Monday, June 9, 2025, by Her Honour Naa Amerley Akowuah.

The Western Regional Police Command wishes to inform the public that... the Sekondi Circuit Court... convicted a notorious armed robber, Stanley Afaku,” the release said, adding that the sentence followed an intelligence-led operation carried out by the Regional Police Intelligence Directorate. The crime occurred on 23 February 2025, when Stanley Afaku and his accomplice, identified as Samuel Nickson alias Egya Acquah, launched a brazen attack on a security guard at the hospital.

Afaku and his accomplice attacked Nash Arthur, a security guard at Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi at gunpoint. During the robbery attack, the convict tied him with his own shirt, stole his phone, broke into the hospital’s outpatient department pharmacy and made away with a flat-screen television set, the police said. Stanley Afaku was arrested on 4 June 2025 at Esiama Bafana Ghetto. He later admitted to the crime and named his accomplice, Samuel Nickson, who, according to the police, is already facing another charge of robbery.

Both men were arraigned before the court. Stanley Afaku pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment to be deported by the Ghana Immigration Service upon completion of his jail term, the release stated. Samuel Nickson, however, pleaded not guilty to both counts and was remanded into police custody. He is expected to reappear in court on 24 June 2025. The Ghana Police Service has assured the public of its continued commitment to tackling violent crime through intelligence-led operations and inter-agency collaboration.