General News of Sunday, 1 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comAn elderly man identified as Akollobilla was sentenced to 10 years in Kumasi Central Prison in 2012 for possessing and distributing cannabis. Akolobilla, who was 92 years old at the time, had lost his job as a cocoa farm manager due to old age. I had never used a mobile phone all my life and could not get anyone to communicate with them," he stated. According to him, life in prison was gruelling. Meet the journalist who got many petty offenders, 6 pregnant women out of prisonAfter intervention from the Crime Check Foundation, he was granted a presidential pardon in 2018.

Source: GhanaWeb March 01, 2026 12:01 UTC