Eight suspected armed robbers rob passengers on Kintampo – Tamale road

By
Regina Benneh, GNA

Sunyani, Sept. 18, GNA – Some suspected armed
robbers on Sunday morning robbed passengers including a pastor and his wife of
their personal belongings and an unspecified amount of money on the
Kintampo-Buipe-Tamale road.

They were eight masked men suspected to be
cattle herdsmen wielding guns and cutlasses and blocked the road with logs,
amidst firing of gun shots before robbing them.

Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, the
Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident to
the Ghana News Agency on Monday in Sunyani.

He said the Kintampo Police on Sunday,
September 16, 2018 had a distressed call from some of the stranded passengers
about the incident.

He said Police patrol team was dispatched to
the scene at Tahiru-Akura between Babator Kuma and Chranda in the Kintampo
North Municipality but the robbers fled into the bush before the arrival of the
Police.

Chief Inspector Oppong said about 30
passengers in a Sprinter Benz bus and two taxis were robbed of their mobile
phones, monies and other personal belongings.

He said a Jehovah Witness Movement Pastor,
Reverend  Michael Asante and his wife Mrs
Nadia Asante, who were heading from Tamale towards Accra  in a Toyota Hilux vehicle  was also attacked and robbed of their
personal belongings and unspecified amount of money.

Chief Inspector Oppong said the Police cleared
the logs from the road for traffic flow and no causality has been recorded.

He said Police have intensified patrols and
mounted rigorous search in the area to arrest the perpetrators and appealed to
the general public to assist the Police with the necessary information that
could lead to their capture.

GNA