By John Bediako Drama unfolded at Ashaiman, near Tema, on Monday, December 19, 2016, when a member of suspected robbers, who had gone to rob from a phone and money transfer shop at Ashaiman was accidentally shot by one of his own colleagues, killing him instantly. The bullets pierced through his head and opened […]
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By John Bediako
Drama unfolded at Ashaiman, near Tema, on Monday, December 19, 2016, when a member of suspected robbers, who had gone to rob from a phone and money transfer shop at Ashaiman was accidentally shot by one of his own colleagues, killing him instantly. The bullets pierced through his head and opened a deep gash at the back of his head.
The fallen suspected robber was later identified as a 35-year old Yaw Doamekpor, an ex-convict from Nsawam prison two years ago. The deceased, dressed in a National Democratic Congress (NDC) T-shirt, was found to be carrying SMG (Sub Machine Gun) with five rounds of ammunition.
The Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Manly Awini who confirmed the story to The Chronicle said his men are investigating it and that his outfit would not relent until other members of the gang had been busted.
The gangsters, according to the Regional Police boss, are suspected to be remnants of a notorious group the police, a few weeks ago, dismantled in a fierce encounter and that they might be making efforts to regroup.
Information gathered by The Chronicle revealed that at about 21:00 hours GMT, a shop attendant, known only as TT, at a container shop – COME AND SEE VENTURES -which deals in mobile money transactions and also sells mobile phones, accessories and scratch cards at Soweto, a suburb of Ashaiman, was about rounding up business for the day when 3 young men arrived on a motorbike.
Two of the robbers entered the shop while the rider remained on the get-away bike in front of the shop. The first robber entered the shop and engaged the shop attendant in a conversation, after which the second robber entered and pointed a pistol at the attendant.
At this juncture, the first robber starting picking up phones, scratch cards and money into a bag that was hanging on his neck. The gunman then joined his colleague to help in collecting the items from the bewildered attendant.
For unknown reasons, the robber brandishing the pistol started shouting at the shop attendant to leave the shop whilst at the same time urging his colleague to hurry up.
In the course of shouting at the attendant, the pistol he was holding went off and the bullets hit the deceased, sending him to the ground.
Upon seeing that his colleague had fallen, the pistol brandishing robber ran to the bike and sped off with the rider, with part of the booty.
The attendant ran out of the shop and stood on the street, looking helplessly into the shop. The shop owner, one Sylvanus, later appeared on the scene and when he asked the shop attendant what was going on, all the latter could say was “attack, attack”.
The shop owner quickly rushed to close the doors of the shop, so that if the robber was alive he would be trapped. When he got closer, however, he realised that the robber was lying dead in a pool of blood, with a loaded G3 military gun in his bag, together with some of the stolen items. He then called the police.
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