{"id":400593,"date":"2018-02-11T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=400593"},"modified":"2018-02-12T06:58:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T06:58:17","slug":"ar-mobile-money-teller-shot-dead-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/ar-mobile-money-teller-shot-dead-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/R: Mobile Money teller shot dead by robbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 31-year-old Mobile Money operator has been shot dead by some unknown assailants at Kronom-Kyeraasi in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region on Saturday evening, the latest in a string of attacks on such businesses.<\/p>\n
The Kodie District Police Command confirmed the incident to Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”qHchbALhsMgaadZEB7keTz5eeQJwCxm8″]The deceased, Richmond Ofori, also called Papa Yaw, died instantly after the two gunmen who were on a motorbike shot him twice.<\/p>\n The deceased’s friend, 25-year-old Malik Ezekiel, who was also shot in the legs, is currently on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n The assailants were said to have bolted with an unspecified amount of money.<\/p>\n Assembly Member for Kyekyere-Kyeraase Electoral, Michael Adu Poku also narrated to Citi News<\/strong> that when he got to the hospital, he was told\u00a0that \u201cthe mobile money operator was dead on arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n He noted that “after the incident, everybody\u2019s attention was on the victims so no one took note of the assailants who committed the crime.”<\/p>\n The deceased’s body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital awaiting an autopsy.<\/p>\n Attacks on mobile money operators<\/strong><\/p>\n This incident adds to the growing number of robbery attacks at Mobile Money spots.<\/p>\n The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP George Alex Mensah has attributed the increasing spate of attacks on mobile money businesses across the country to the proliferation of operators.<\/p>\n