There is gridlock on the Koforidua to Akyem Tafo road in the Eastern as notorious highway robbers terrorizing residents in the area attack passengers amidst gunshot Monday morning. at about 4:30am.
The robbers have reportedly shot one person who has been rushed to a Hospital in Koforidua.
Vehicles from Bunso, Tafo, Kukurantumi direction to Koforidua and those from Koforidua towards Akyem Tafo, Kukurantumi, and Bunso are stranded.
Mybrytfmonline.com reports indicate that, the highway robbers mounted roadblocks near the Torgbe Shitor stretch of the road.
The notorious armed robbers on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at about 8:00pm attacked Green Dor Guest House and a gas filling station nearby.
Amidst sporadic gunshots, the armed robbers broke into the gas filling station offices and restaurant of the guest house, caused damage to the doors, and took away Ghc137 from the gas filling station office.
Fortunately, no casualties were recorded.
The acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command Sergeant Francis Gomado confirmed the incident stating that the night patrol team of the Akyem Tafo District Police command responded swiftly upon receiving the information but the robbers escaped before their arrival.
He stated that seven empty BB cartridges, one live BB cartridge, and three wads were retrieved at the scene.
Armed robbery in the Abuakwa North Municipality is becoming rampant. Some residents believe the robbery gang could be the same group that had operated and robbed several passengers on Akyem old Tafo to Anyinasin road for many years.
A 32-year-old man was shot dead in a fuel station robbery attack at Akyem Osiem a nearby community
One person also sustained gunshot wounds.
The Akyem Tafo District Police Crime Officer ASP Fred Kpetigo confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday, April 5, 2021, at about 7:20pm where four men armed with three pump action guns and a knife attacked Goodness Energy Filling station at Osiem.
He said, the armed men fired indiscriminately resulting in the death of one Nuhu Yashawu, 32, who was escaping from the scene.
A 71-year-old man, Padmore Ofosu, was also hit at the back by a pellet and but has been treated and discharged at the hospital.
The robbers absconded with an unquantified amount being the night sales of the fuel station.
The robbers also took away a Motorola phone belonging to the night security man Adamu Zakari, 30.
Police retrieved five (5) empty cartridges at the scene.
