According to a Ghanaweb report, the ordeal took place today Sunday 8th November 2020 right after church service when the pastors and elders were counting and registering monies collected as offering today.
According to an eyewitness account, the robbers arrived at the premises brandishing guns and asked the leaders – a male and female, to lie face down and surrender all money and mobile phones.
The leaders who were traumatised by the incident, the eyewitness continued, laid helpless as the robbers took away their booty, jumped on a waiting motorcycle and sped off.
The eyewitness said the bandits having succeeded in the act announced their departure from the scene with sporadic gunshots the air.
“…the robbers came on a motorcycle as two leaders of the church were counting the day’s collection. One of the leaders, who is a female was outside while the male was inside actually counting the money. They first met the female who was outside and showed her the gun and asked her to keep quiet and go inside with them. When they got inside, they were all made to lie down and they took the money and their mobile phones away. Before leaving, they fired into the air several times,” recounted an eyewitness to Ghanaweb’s Upper East Correspondent, Senyalah Castro.
Ghanaweb reported futher that the issue has been lodged with the police. Armed police and soldiers have also been dispatched to the area to ensure the safety of residents.
