An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Thomas Atiah, aka Tom Lee Sparta for allegedly robbing some patrons of the Wendy Shay concert.

Three of Atiah’s accomplices whose nicknames were only given as War leader, Bullet and Assah are said to be at large.

Charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of arms and ammunition without authority and robbery, Atiah who pleaded not guilty will reappear before the Court presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah on January 31, 2023.

Prosecution led by Chief Inspector Samuel Ahiabor narrated that the accused person and his accomplices whose nicknames were War Leader, Bullet, and Assah, currently at large shared a common room together at a place called Borla Konkomba Market, near Agbogbloshie, Accra.

It said on January 6, 2023, Atiah and his three accomplices planned to attend the “Shay Concert” organised by Wendy Shay, a Ghanaian musician on January 7 at West Hills Mall Car Park, with the motive to rob patrons of their possession during the programme.

The prosecution said Atiah and his accomplices on January 7, 2023, running through the early hours of January 8, 2023, left their place of abode and headed to the venue of the programme.

It said the accused person and his accomplices armed themselves with a locally manufactured pistol loaded with one BB live cartridge and entered the venue of the programme.

The prosecution said between the hours of 12:00 am and 1:30 am on January 8, 2023, the accused and his accomplices moved to the Kasoa Toll Booth and started issuing instructions to patrons returning from the programme to surrender their belongings.

One of the victims, known as Richmond Okyere, who is the complainant in the case, was robbed of GHS300.00 cash, a Samsung phone valued at GHS500.00 and other valuables.

According to the prosecution, other victims were not spared by the accused person and his accomplices.

It said a Police patrol team went to the scene to confront the said robbers and they fled the scene.

However, Atiah was nabbed by the Police and a locally manufactured pistol together with the BB live cartridge was retrieved from him.

The prosecution said during interrogation, Atiah told the Police that it was one Yaaba, a resident of Konkomba, who supplied them with the pistol to rob victims and bring the booty to him “for reward”.

It said efforts were underway to apprehend other accomplices.

Wendy Shay to perform at SWAG Awards

Ruff town signee, Wendy Shay has been announced as a performer at the 47th edition of the MTN Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards slated for Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday, January 28.

Her performance was announced by the organisers on the social media platform Twitter today, January 17, 2023.

The Uber Driver hitmaker is expected to thrill scores of sportsmen, individuals and members of the corporate world who will be at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) for one of the prestigious award events in the country that celebrates and honours players in the sports fraternity.

The annual event which usually holds in December was moved to early this year to accommodate the just-ended FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

In 29 different categories, 40 individuals, sports administrators, and organisations will be recognised at this year’s ceremony for their national and international achievements that have elevated both themselves and pushed the positive image of the country.

With songs such as ‘Bedroom Commando’, ‘Astalavista’, ‘Kut’, ‘Tuff Skin’, ‘Heat’ and ‘Survivor’ being favourites of music followers, Wendy Shay successfully held her Shay concert at the West Hills Mall recently, has been a toast of many at events such as Miss Ghana 2018 finals, RTP Awards Africa 2018, and Ghana’s Afronation Music Festival in 2019 where she performed.

The Discovery of the Year winner at the 2019 Ghana Music Awards is expected to bring her A-game on at the upcoming SWAG awards.