Contrary to an announcement by the Ghana Police Service that two suspects they gunned down on Thursday afternoon were robbery suspects who had attempted to rob the Labone Branch of GCB Bank in Accra, the management of the bank has denied that the bank was the target of robbery.
In a statement issued by the management of GCB, the bank said no robbery or attempted robbery took place at the Labone branch in Accra or on the bank's premises.
Graphic Online understands from some eyewitnesses that the police were rather chasing the suspects from the AU Village side. The suspects were said to be tracking customers from another bank who had gone to withdraw money.
The police had a hint and gave them a chase, which resulted in the shooting that killed the two, with one arrest.
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In the police statement issued on social media around 2pm, the police stated,
"POLICE FOIL ROBBERY ATTEMPT ON LABONE GCB BANK: ONE SUSPECT ARRESTED, TWO GUNNED DOWN
"The Ghana Police Service today 13th August, 2026, foiled a robbery attempt on the GCB Bank, Labone Accra. Two suspects have been gunned down and one has been arrested."
The police later in the day provided further details on the attempted robbery incident at Labone in Accra.
The arrested suspect has been identified as Augustine Okechuku Maazi.
The two others, who were gunned down, were yet to be identified by the police as of Thursday night [Aug 13, 2026).
According to the police, they gathered intelligence that the suspects were planning to attack three banks in the Labone enclave, namely GCB Bank, Ecobank and Zenith Bank.
Below is a police situational report on the incident
UPDATE ON FOILED ROBBERY ATTEMPT AT LABONE
The Ghana Police Service today arrested one suspect of a robbery syndicate and gunned down two others for planned robbery attempts on some banks in Labone, Accra.
At about 10:45 am today, 13th August, 2026, Police received intelligence that a gang of robbers were preparing to attack the GCB Bank, Ecobank and the Zenith Bank, all at Labone.
A police team was immediately deployed to Labone where the gang members were spotted in their vehicles parked close to the banks.
Upon sighting the Police, one of the vehicles sped off in an attempt to escape.
The Police gave them a chase and arrested suspect Augustine Okechuku Maazi.
The other occupant, however, managed to escape.
The robbers in the second vehicle also tried to escape amidst firing.
The Police engaged them in a shootout, resulting in the death of two suspects.
Police also recovered two vehicles, a Toyota Highlander vehicle with registration number GS- 1434-18, a Hyundai Tucson vehicle with registration number GS 7915-17, and a blow pistol.
Suspect Augustine Okechuku Maazi is in custody assisting the investigation while the bodies of the deceased suspects have been deposited at the morgue for preservation, identification and autopsy.
The Ghana Police Service highly commends the response team for successfully foiling the planned robbery attempt. The Service is also grateful to members of the public who continue to share credible information on criminal activities with the police.
But responding, the management of GCB Bank in a press statement said:
"At no point was the bank breached, and customer, member of staff, funds or property of the bank was affected," a statement from GCB Bank Public Affairs said.
"The Labone branch remains secure, and customers can continue to conduct their banking transactions with confidence.
GCB takes the safety and security of its customers, employees and facilities very seriously and continues to maintain robust security measures across its network.
We remain in contact with the relevant authorities and will continue to monitor developments regarding the incident.
We wish to reassure all our customers, and stakeholders that GCB Bank remains safe, secure and fully committed to serving them.
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