{"id":180661,"date":"2016-01-10T15:51:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=180661"},"modified":"2016-01-10T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T15:51:47","slug":"rawlings-lauds-brave-driver-who-crashed-robbers-with-his-cab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/rawlings-lauds-brave-driver-who-crashed-robbers-with-his-cab\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings laud&#8217;s &#8216;brave&#8217; driver who crashed robbers with his cab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has commended a taxi driver who knocked down two armed robbers who attacked and robbed a lady of an undisclosed sum of money at Cantonments in Accra on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Flt Lt Rawlings also praised a soldier who intervened after the driver\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-180634 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0020.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20160109-WA0020\" width=\"626\" height=\"474\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;I2MqS1goTwK2WOxGh5u1gTzwOcByK4Uc&#8221;]\u201cThe boldness exhibited by the taxi driver was truly heroic and patriotic. At the risk of his own life he confronted these armed men, damaged his taxi in the process and ensured they did not escape the law. We should all applaud his courage. The two men deserve national recognition for their bravery,\u201d the former President said.<\/p>\n<p>The robbers shot and wounded their victim, reportedly a sales girl of Koala Supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>The driver rammed into the fleeing robbers who were on a motorbike and pushed them into a drain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0018-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180633 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0018-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20160109-WA0018 (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even in their wounded state the robbers continued shooting till an armed soldier who chanced upon the incident intervened and ensured the arrest of the two robbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180635 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG-20160109-WA0019.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20160109-WA0019\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victim who sustained gunshot wounds on the leg is undergoing treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Police say a supervisor at the Cantonments Branch of the Koala Shopping Mall, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/01\/10\/koala-staff-masterminded-robbery-at-cantonments-police\/\" target=\"_blank\">masterminded the robbery<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Osabutey, 36, allegedly tipped off four others to rob the staff of the mall whom he believed was on her way to make huge deposits at the bank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: citifmonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has commended a taxi driver who knocked down two armed robbers who attacked and robbed a lady of an undisclosed sum of money at Cantonments in Accra on Saturday morning. 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