A 36-year-old job seeker who stole a mobile phone from one of the offices at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in Accra has been jailed. 

Foster Nyarko was jailed when he appeared before the court for stealing an A54 5G mobile phone, valued at GH¢4,999, belonging to a Principal Administrator at CHRAJ. 

The court, presided over by Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, at the last sitting, convicted Nyarko on his own plea but deferred the sentence. 

Nyarko was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment on the charge of unlawful entry and two years for stealing. 

Sentences are to run concurrently. 

Nyarko pleaded for leniency and pledged not to do that again. 

The case, presented by Chief Inspector Daniel Ofori Appiah, said the complainant, Celis -Jane Nyadroh, was a Principal Administrator of CHRAJ Headquarters, Accra. 

On October 23, 2024, Nyarko approached the front desk managers of CHRAJ that he was following up on his application at the Human Resource Department. 

Prosecution said Nyarko entered the office of the complainant on the first floor but met her absence. 

Nyarko made away with the complainant’s phone, it said. 

On October 24, 2024, the complainant reported the matter to the Ministries Police Station, Accra. 

On January 30, 2025, luck eluded Nyarko when he engaged in a similar theft at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and was nabbed by management. 

CCTV footage presented to the Ministries Police by the complainant and her witnesses revealed the image of Nyarko committing the act. 

On January 31, 2025, Nyarko was escorted to the crime scene, and he admitted stealing the complainant’s phone and entering her office.