The Tema Police have arrested five Nigerians who allegedly raped a woman in the presence of her husband during robbery at Community 25, Tema, Ghana.
According to a report published on Ghanaweb, the suspects were apprehended last weekend.
Their mode of operation is attacking mobile money vendors, mostly women in their house with machetes and guns and raping them after taking away their valuables.
Confirming the incident, Chief Superintendent Cecilia Arko, Crime Officer of the Prampram Divisional Police Command, said that four among the five suspects had attacked a couple at their residence at about 3:00 am barely a month ago.
They were arrested on Friday after the couple sighted them walking in the neighbourhood though the incident took place on May 8 this year, the Ghana newspaper, Graphic, reports.
The suspects are Ako Anthony, 36; Kelvin Damas, 23; Obas Godsay, 16; Donald Pande, 24 and Olufu Rhema, 16.
According to her, the suspects who were aiming at a mobile money vendor, mistakenly went to the house of the couple and held them hostage before demanding for money and valuables.
She said because the couple were unable to meet their demand, one of the suspects sent the woman into another room and forcibly had sex with her while his accomplices filmed the act with a cell phone.
Chief Supernitendent Arko said last Thursday; the couple was walking in the neighbourhood when the woman spotted the suspect who removed his mask before filming the act.
She said she alerted her husband who confronted the suspect on the street.
She said the suspect took to his heels but was apprehended by neighbours after the man raised an alarm.
He was then handed over to the police and upon interrogation; he admitted the offence and led the police to his other accomplices.
