COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has announced that the Ghana Police Service has arrested seven suspects in connection with a Tamale–Buipe highway.
According to COP Lydia Donkor, the highway robbery that occurred last year with a member of the Council of State was among the victims.
She announced that the suspect was arrested on January 11, 2026 and has been identified as Rashida Yussif, Aaron Abaana, Wilson Abasong, Muntaru Iddrisu, Aminu Zibrilla, Innusa Sumaila, and Haruna Safianu.
Speaking to the media at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Thursday, January 29, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor detailed, “The police have arrested seven suspects in a highway robbery involving a Council of State member, which occurred sometime last year”.
“On 21st July 2025, the victim was travelling along the Tamale–Buipe highway when he was attacked by six armed men who robbed him of personal belongings, including mobile phones, cash, wristwatches, reading glasses, laptops, and other items.”
“He was robbed of mobile phones, some cash, wristwatches, reading glasses, a laptop and other items,” she said.
COP Lydia Donkor detailed that on 11 January 2026, following intelligence gathered by the CID, a team from the Anti-Robbery Unit was deployed to Salaga in the Savannah Region.
Which led to the arrest of Rashida Yussif, who was found with an iPhone 7 Plus belonging to one of the victims.
She added that further investigations led the police to a mobile phone shop at Dagomba Line in Salaga, where the shop attendant, Aaron Abana Baswi Fanga, was arrested.
According to COP Lydia Donkor, the arrested suspect told police that the phone had been brought to the shop by his uncle, Wilson Avasong who lives in Tamale.
Wilson Avasong, an Environmental officer, was later arrested in Tamale and revealed during interrogation that he bought the phone from a phone repairer, Muntaro Idrisu, for GH₵1,000.
Which led to the police subsequently arresting Muntaro Idrisu at the Aboabo Market in Tamale.
The arrest led officers to Aminu Zebrilla, also known as Bedman, a 35-year-old motorbike rider, at Dungu, a suburb of Tamale.
“Aminu Zebrilla admitted selling the phone to Muntaro Idrisu for GH₵650,” COP Donkor said.
COP Donkor added that a search carried out in the room of Aminu Zebrilla uncovered a large number of weapons and items believed to be linked to the robbery.
She detailed, “A search conducted in the room of suspect Amin Uzebilla resulted in the retrieval of several items including a locally manufactured shotgun, one locally manufactured pistol, four live BB cartridges, one locally manufactured sword with the inscription Bedman, one live 5.56 x 44 CZ ammunition, two live revolver ammunition, one face mask, one jack knife, a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, one talisman, one cutter, one catapult, 15 assorted mobile phones, one jungle motorbike, 17 assorted race watches, five pen drives, one telecell SIM card, and three MTN cards which were removed from the phones that were snatched from victims during the robbery.”
“Further investigations revealed that Aminu Zebrilla is an ex-convict who was convicted of robbery in 2012. Two other accomplices in Inusa Sumaila, also known as Agenda, age 42, and Haruna Safiano, age 32, were both subsequently arrested from their hideout behind the Tamale China Mall”.
“Police investigations are ongoing to apprehend other suspects believed to be on the run and to retrieve a weapon believed to be in their possession”, COP Lydia Donkor added.