Armed robbers attack women

..on Nkoranza-Kimtanpo road

Nkoranza (B/A), May 2, GNA - A gang of about seven armed robbers at the weekend attacked and robbed about 33 passengers, mostly women fishmongers, travelling from Nkoranza to Buipe of all their monies estimated at several millions of cedis.

The women were on board a 207 Benz Bus with registration number AS 1669 Q and driven by one Attah Kwasi.

Two of the victims, Madam Afia Manu and Madam Abena Fosuaa, both from Tom, near Nkoranza told Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Nkoranza that, the incident occurred just a few kilometres away from Nkoranza on the Nkoranza-Kintampo road.

They narrated that as their vehicle descended a bridge over river Fia, they saw the shadow of a human being with a flashlight ahead and realized the road had been blocked with pieces of wood. The women said as their driver stopped, about seven masked men surrounded the vehicle, while one wielding a gun stood at the doorway of the vehicle.

The women said the armed men then ordered all on board the vehicle to bring out all monies on them and to file out, while they searched their bodies, including their private parts for any money.

Madam Afia Manu and Abena Fosuaa said about 2.5 million cedis was collected from them, while another one woman lost about 10 million cedis with others also loosing several million of cedis to the robbers. They said the robbers, after their operation, ordered all of them, including the driver to lie down on the ground with their faces down and vanished from the scene.

They all later returned to Nkoranza as they could not continue with their journey, as they did not have any monies on them. The police in Nkoranza was informed and are conducting investigations into the case.