Yaw Asante Agyekum, who was wrongfully convicted as an accomplice of convicted robber Ataa Ayi, has opened up about his ordeal after the Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged him on June 5, 2025, granting him his freedom.
Speaking to the media at the court premises after the verdict was delivered, Asante Agyekum said he was sentenced to over 30 years and imprisoned despite his innocence, noting that he went to jail when his daughter was just a month old.
According to him, he was not part of the robbery gang he was convicted of, but acknowledged that he knew Ataa Ayi as a commercial driver whose vehicle he used to repair. "I'm a mechanic who repairs motorcycles.
I receive lots of people at my shop who come there to fix their motorcycles.
