The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy and causing unlawful damage and was handed the sentence by the presiding judge, Samuel Bright Asiedu.

His accomplice, 41-year-old Wisdom Ahli, who faces the same charges, has been remanded into police custody.

The prosecution, led by Superintendent Augustine Yirenkyi, informed the court that Ahli’s charges required amendments and requested an adjournment. The case has been adjourned to January 9, 2025.

Prosecution’s facts  

According to the prosecution, the complainants, Inspector Adu Yeboah and Aaron Awuah, are police officers stationed at Parliament House.

On December 18, 2024, at about 11:00 a.m., Sorkpa and Ahli sneaked into the Parliament House car park. Sorkpa, carrying a handbag concealing an earth chisel, used the tool to damage the windscreens of two Toyota V8 vehicles, two Toyota Camry saloon cars, and one Rav 4 vehicle belonging to Members of Parliament and Parliamentary Service staff.

Ahli was reportedly praising Sorkpa as he caused the damage. Both men were arrested and admitted to the offence in their caution statements, given in the presence of an independent witness.

Superintendent Yirenkyi stated, “After investigations, the accused persons were charged with the offences and arraigned before this honourable court.”

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Leader of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has criticised the current government for comparing its economic performance to that of the John Mahama-led administration.

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The legislator made the comments during a deliberation on the 2020 budget by the House on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.

Mr Iddrisu advised the Akufo-Addo-led government not to compare its economic performance to the previous government as the current government has more resources at its disposal than the National Democratic Congress government did.

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“You want to compare your performance to John Mahama? At the end of 2016 oil revenue for John Mahama was between $ 218 million dollars and $ 316 million dollars. You (NPP) have $ 1.1 billion dollars, to whom much is given much is expected and so you should be doing more,” he said.

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The Member of Parliament for Tamale South further blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for depleting the country’s international reserves which stood at $ 9.95 billion dollars in April 2019 to $ 8 billion dollars in October 2019.