Ghanaians have been reacting to the jailing of a 21-year-old Okada rider to 15 years imprisonment for snatching a mobile phone, saying the punishment meted out to him is harsh, and that the “plea bargaining law” that was used in the case of the defunct Capital Bank founder Ato Essien should have been applied.
Emmanuel Waki, who is said to have committed the offence in the presence of the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare will spend the next 15 years of his life in prison following his guilty plea and sentencing.
He reportedly robbed a bystander of his mobile phone on December 19 in front of the Police CID Headquarters.
It is reported that the IGP and his bodyguards who were then returning from routine observational duties coincidentally witnessed the incident.
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