THREE armed robbers who were jailed two weeks ago to a total of 120 years in prison have been let loose following a jailbreak at the Sekondi Prison yesterday.
The three were said to have masterminded the break, released five other prisoners and escaped with a quantity of police weapons and ammunition, including seven G3 rifles.
The armed robbers — Ebenezer Okoley Tetteh, 22; Raphael Ayo Buoro, 28, a Nigerian, and Raphael Larweh, 22 — were convicted two weeks ago by the Sekondi High Court.
On their conviction, they took turns to tell the presiding judge, “Thank you very much.”
According to the police, an alleged armed robber posed as a visitor who was bringing food to an inmate of the prison and that led to the break.
In the process, the armed robbers vandalised the prison’s armoury and made away with seven G3 rifles and ammunition after shooting and injuring the duty officer, Sergeant Song Abu, about 12:30 p.m.
They also stabbed another officer and after successfully making it out of the prisons with the rifles, they started firing indiscriminately and bolted in a hijacked taxi.
On their way out of the metropolis, the convicts were involved in an accident at the Sekondi Cemetery, after which they hijacked a “torero” and fled, leaving behind the accident taxi and three of the G3 rifles they had stolen from the prison armoury.
Two of the inmates of the Sekondi Prison who escaped with the three armed robbers were later arrested and sent back to custody.
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