SEKONDI POLICE ARREST FOUR ROBBERS (PAGE 18, NOV 23, 2010)

The Sekondi Police have arrested four suspected armed robbers, who robbed passenger buses and shot one passenger dead at Yawbrea-Nkwanta in the Aowin Suaman District of the Western Region.
They were arrested within 24 hours after the robbery.
The robbery took place in the early hours of November 1 and 7, 2010, and according to the leader, in each operation, they had GH¢1,400.00 as their share of the booty.
The leader of the group said to be an ex-convict confessed to the police that they were responsible for the two robberies.
Their names were given as Ebenezer Anima Bulu aka. Nolie 36; Kwesi Amo, Philip Buabeng, aka Allo, 23 who is the leader, and Shaibu Mumuni, aka Wahabu, 25.
According to the Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, the robbers attacked and killed one passenger aboard a Ford Bus with registration number AS 3655-10 heading towards Kumasi from Enchi.
He said the robbers used a 207 Benz Bus to block the road and robbed the passengers of the buses of all their money and mobile phones
The Regional Commander said, Buabeng told the investigators that they were responsible for the first and second robbery and they shared the booty and had GH¢1,400 from each operation.
The commander said it was sad that the passenger had to die after he had unmasked one of the robbers and held him until he was hit by another robber who shot him in the process.
He said while the deceased was holding the robber, he fired more than 47 bullets before the magazine fell off the gun but it was later fixed by the robber leading to the killing of the passenger.
He said after killing the passenger they were not able to rob the remaining passengers as “the four then took to their heels and run into the bush, but police intelligence with the support of the public led to their arrest within 24hours,” he said.
He explained that when Buabeng was arrested, he mentioned the names of the remaining three leading to their arrest.
Currently, the police are trying to recover the locally manufactured gun and the AK47 that was used in killing one of the passengers.
Alhaji Hamidu said their problem used to be logistics, but at the moment, the Inspector General of Police had allocated armoured vehicles that would be deployed to the danger zones to ensure that the region was made a no go area for armed robbery.