[ 2017-02-24 ]

The police said the suspects are on their wanted list

2 mobile money robbers nabbed
Two armed robbers who specialise in robbing mobile
money merchants in Ashaiman and its environs are
in the firm grip of the police at Ashaiman in the
Greater Accra Region.

The two suspected robbers -Yakubu Ibrahim, a
21-year-old driver’s mate, and Agali Musah, a
24-year-old motor mechanic – were said to have
attacked a mobile money operator at gun point and
robbed her of her sales and items.

The police said the suspects are on their wanted
list for various mobile money merchant robberies.

Items retrieved on the suspects were one locally
manufactured pistol, one BB live ammunition
cartridge and a bag which contained some of the
various recharge cards which was snatched from the
victim.

Nevertheless, the money and the motorbike used for
the operation could not be retrieved as a result
of the public who had dissipated the money in
their bid to mete out instant justice to the
suspects before the arrival of the police. The
bike was also nowhere to be found.

Briefing DAILY GUDIE, Assistant Superintendent of
Police (ASP) Juliana Obeng, Tema Regional Police
Public Relations Officer, explained that the
suspects who were wielding a locally manufactured
pistol on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 8.30pm on
a motorbike, attacked one Patricia Azaledzi, a
mobile money merchant, at Pentecost Junction at
Ashaiman.

According to her, the suspects robbed the victim
of her unconfirmed number of Surfline data, an
assorted mobile phone recharge cards and a Nokia
mobile phone, all valued at GH¢2,100.

They also succeeded in robbing her of a cash
amount of GH¢10,200.

However, the motorbike used for the robbery, ASP
Obeng disclosed, failed to start after the
robbery.

She added that the victim quickly raised an alarm
which led to the arrest of the suspects.

The police PRO pointed out that but for the timely
arrival of the police at the scene, the suspects
would have fled.

“The suspects then took to their heels but were
intercepted by police patrol team who were
responding to the distress call of the robbery,”
ASP Juliana Obeng stated.

She said the items that were found at the scene
have been retrieved for evidential purposes

Source - dailyguideafrica

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