Man remanded over GH¢300,000 mobile money robbery  

The Nalerigu District Court in the North East Region has remanded a man into police custody. He is accused of robbing a mobile money vendor of GH¢300,000 in Bunkpurugu.

Waliu Fazazi allegedly committed the crime on April 23, 2025. His accomplices are still at large.

According to police, Fazazi approached the vendor to withdraw GH¢15,000. He claimed his brother sent the money but there were network issues.

While this was happening, two masked men appeared. One was armed and demanded the vendor’s bag with cash.

They fired warning shots and fled on a motorbike with the money. Fazazi was arraigned on Friday, April 25, and remanded into police custody.

He is scheduled to reappear in court on May 9, 2025.