Wednesday 26th September, 2018
Yendi (N/R), Sept. 26, GNA – Six armed robbers
allegedly attacked six passenger vehicles on the Yendi-Tamale highway between
the hours of 2000 and 2200 hrs on Sunday.
Mr Ibrahim Sibidow, a driver of a Ford Ranger
vehicle, told the Ghana News Agency that the robbers collected all their phones
and money at gun point.
He said they were from Accra to Tamale through
the Eastern Corridor Road wh
Yendi (N/R), Sept. 26, GNA – Six armed robbers
allegedly attacked six passenger vehicles on the Yendi-Tamale highway between
the hours of 2000 and 2200 hrs on Sunday.
Mr Ibrahim Sibidow, a driver of a Ford Ranger
vehicle, told the Ghana News Agency that the robbers collected all their phones
and money at gun point.
He said they were from Accra to Tamale through
the Eastern Corridor Road when they met the robbers adding that there were no
casualties.
Mr Afa Alhassan Kasim, a driver of a 26 seater
vehicle, said when the six armed robbers stopped them they spoke in Dagbani and
Fulani languages by ordering all the passengers to get down and collected all
their phones and money.
He said they took his phone and GH¢220.00
after breaking the side glasses of his vehicle and took GH¢3,000.00 from one of
the passengers who was travelling to Tatale and this is besides the money and
other valuables collected from other passengers.
Fuseini Bigger, another driver of vehicle,
said they also broke the windshields of his vehicle and took all their phones
and money of passengers.
Mr Abdul-Majeed Chendo, Secretary of Yendi
Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC, appealed to the Regional
Police Commander and Yendi Divisional Police Command to extend the Police
Patrol Team to the Yendi Tamale road to curb the frequent robberies on that
stretch.
He said this year alone, there has been more
than six robbery cases on the road which is not a healthy situation.
GNA