{"id":409571,"date":"2018-03-13T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=409571"},"modified":"2018-03-13T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:14:36","slug":"ar-robbery-suspect-gunned-escape-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/ar-robbery-suspect-gunned-escape-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/R: Robbery suspect gunned down during escape attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in the Ashanti Region have shot and killed a suspected armed robber who jumped bail in a narcotics case pending at the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya District.<\/p>\n

Issah Wedam, whose age was not given by the police, was suspected to be part of a gang involved in recent robberies on the Esaase-Bokankye stretch on the main Kumasi-Sunyani road.<\/p>\n

According to Police, the gang on Friday, 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0February 2018, blocked the Esaase-Bokankye stretch amidst shooting leading to the death of one Kwabena Ofusuhene, a pillion rider.<\/p>\n

The Abuakwa District Police Command on Friday, 9th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2018, arrested 19-year old Eric Vivor alias Destiny, and Issah Wedam (now deceased) for their involvement in the robbery.<\/p>\n

The suspects admitted to the crime and mentioned Egollah, Azumah, Mmoyah, Appolar and Kwaku who are all at large as their accomplices.<\/p>\n

The now-deceased suspect later led the police to a room at Atwima-Owabi where two (2) locally manufactured guns, a cutlass, assorted mobile phones and a leather ammunition belt with four cartridges were retrieved.<\/p>\n

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Other items retrieved included; a sword, a pinch bar, a black pack containing assorted ID cards and documents from some financial institutions as well as large quantities of assorted provisions suspected to have been robbed from their victims.<\/p>\n

Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah, addressing journalists in Kumasi said whilst police were escorting Issah Wedam to a waiting vehicle, the suspect took to his heels through a bamboo farm towards the banks of the Owabi River to enable him to escape lawful custody.<\/p>\n

The police chased after the suspect and fired at him wounding him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect was re-arrested and rushed to the Abuakwa Health Center for treatment, but was pronounced dead on arrival\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

He indicated that the command will prosecute suspect Eric Vivor.<\/p>\n

The body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) morgue for preservation and autopsy.<\/p>\n

This incident comes at a time when similar robberies have occurred in other parts of the country, raising concerns about general insecurity.<\/p>\n

The police administration has stepped up efforts to reduce the robberies by arresting perpetrators and making sure they face the full rigours of the law.<\/p>\n

Security guard killed in fuel station robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 43-year old security guard was recently killed by suspected armed robbers <\/a><\/strong>who invaded a Goil Fuel Station at Maaban near Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kwaku Abora was found dead on a mat on top of the first floor of the Fuel Station building under construction, after the robbery incident on\u00a0Saturday, 10th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By: Hafiz Tijani\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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