Police in Tema area of Ghana have arrested five Nigerians for allegedly raping a woman in the presence of her husband during robbery at Community 25.
They were arrested on Friday after the couple sighted them walking in the neighbourhood, Ghanaweb reports.
The incident was said to have occurred on May 8.
Police named the suspects as Ako Anthony, 36; Kelvin Damas, 23; Obas Godsay, 16; Donald Pande, 24 and Olufu Rhema, 16.
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 around 3:00 am about a month ago.
The mode of operation was attacking mobile money vendors, mostly women in their house with machetes and guns and raping them after taking away their valuables.
Arko said last Thursday that the couple were 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 handed over to the police and upon interrogation; he admitted the offence and led the police to his other accomplices.
