Two robbers who shot their victim through the eyes, have been ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court to be kept in jail for a total of 115 years.
Fatau Musah alias �Rich�, is going in for 70 years, while his accomplice, Baba Karimu alias �Touso� would be doing 45 years.
Musah pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, causing harm and robbery. Karimu, on the other hand, faced a charge of conspiracy, a crime he also admitted.
Police Chief Inspector Archibald K. Fandoh told the court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Amo-Yartey, that the victim, Abdul Basit Yakubu, lives at Maamobi in Accra.
He had visited the family in Kumasi and was riding on a motorbike at about 2200 hours on February 2, this year, when the convicts attacked him at Aboabo.
Musah shot him in the eyes with a locally manufactured pistol and the two robbed him of his cellular phone and cash of GH�200.00.
The prosecution said a formal report was made to the police and acting upon leads, arrested them from their hideouts. The victim is now completely blind in both eyes.
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