Chief Inspector Morgan with the Tema Community 2 District Police Command has advised travelers and the general public not to carry huge sums of money on them when traveling.
Speaking on Plan B FM’s EBAANOSEN with Ohene Kinnah in reaction to Somanya-Dodowa high way robbery, Chief Inspector Morgan urged everyone to be vigilant in their day-to-day activities, most especially when redrawing huge sums of money from the Bank,
“There may be a spy around the banking hall who can give information to his or her counterparts to follow and rob you off your belongings on your way home. When you are driving after redrawing from the Bank, keep your eyes on the road and if you notice a vehicle or a motorbike monitoring you, move away and do not enter your house and drive to a nearby police and report” he advised.
Passengers plying the Somanya – Accra road have made a spirited appeal to the Ghana Police Service to mount surveillance on the stretch to safeguard their lives and properties following recent armed robbery incidents on the road.
After months of relative security on the stretch following previous incidents, armed robbers are returning to engage in their nefarious activities on the road, specifically the Somanya-Dodowa stretch, the network that links Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region to the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.
Six armed daredevil muggers around 8 pm on Monday, June 12, 2023, struck at Luom junction near Agomeda. The men, masked to conceal their identities blocked the road with timber logs and clubs to rob the drivers and passengers traveling from Accra to Somanya and vice versa whilst shooting indiscriminately.
Another gang, unclear if was the same set that struck on Monday, surfaced three days later at the same spot on the evening of Thursday, June 15, 2023, mounted a roadblock with a KIA truck, and robbed passengers of valuables.
The robbers dressed in full military camouflage, absconded with an unspecified amount of money, mobile phones, and other personal belongings while shooting indiscriminately in the air.
A 78-year-old victim and resident of Odumase-Krobo, Sipim Osakonor who was traveling in a commercial vehicle from Accra to Odumase narrating his ordeal to GhanaWeb, disclosed that he lost over GH₵ 3000 and a phone after the robbers immobilized their vehicle by deflating its tire.
“There were six armed robbers with pump action guns, they stopped us with a flashlight, they gave warning shots and shot our tire so the driver had to stop, monies in our hands were all taken away
He added that the gang varnished into a nearby mango farm after committing the act.
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