Police nab 5 armed robbers
Five suspected armed robbers who attacked an Internet café and held their victims hostage at East Legon in Accra on April 15, 2015 have been arrested.
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With machetes and a single-barrelled gun, the gang is said to have held the operator, employees and some patrons of the café hostage, while demanding money and phones from them.
The police gave the names of the suspects as Anthony Galley, alias Rasta, a 23-year-old trader; Amewugah Kumafu, alias Hugah, 18, labourer; Richard Tenyuie, 20, a driver’s mate; Richard Korley, alias Sapele, 22, electrician, and Akwasi Aikins, 18, trader.
Another person, identified as Hamza Aziz, 26, is also in the grip of the police for buying the stolen items from the gang.
Two other accomplices, identified as Senyo and Moses, are on the run.
Cafe operator stabbed
Briefing journalists in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Timothy Yoosa Bonga, said in the course of the attack, the gang pinned the café operator to the ground, after which one of them stabbed him on the left shoulder with a dagger.
Mr Bonga said the gang fled the scene after robbing the victims of six mobile phones, four laptops and GH¢1,200, leaving the café operator bleeding from his injury.
Later on that same day, the gang allegedly attacked and robbed some students of the Islamic University of their money and phones at Adjirigano, near East Legon.
Another robbery attempt
While the police were hunting for the robbers, one of them was spotted by a security man while he (the alleged robber) was scaling the fence wall of a house about 1:30 a.m. on April 16, 2015.
Mr Bonga said the security man raised an alarm, leading to the arrest of the suspected robber.
“When the police conducted a search on him, four mobile phones and chips were found. He was also identified as one of the robbers who had attacked the café,” he said.
The suspect, he said, led the police to arrest the other accomplices.
Later, at an identification parade organised by the police in Accra, the victims identified all the suspects as the persons who had robbed them.
