Robbers shoot traders

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that a gang of armed robbers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen – who on Wednesday evening allegedly attacked the District Chief Executive of Fanteakwa, Abass Fuseini Sbaabe and 20 constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) – in the early hours of Friday shot three people at the same venue – Dedeso – near Begoro in the Eastern Region.

The robbers, reportedly numbering about six, wearing masks and wielding AK47 assault rifles, allegedly attacked the travellers on board three vehicles on the Enyinasi-Dedeso road when they (travellers) were going to the market at Begoro, and shot three of them, including one of the drivers.

The victims reportedly sustained various degrees of injury and the bolted with some valuables, including mobile phones and an undisclosed amount of money.

The driver, Eric Terkper, 35, who suffered serious injuries on his shoulders, was rushed to the Koforidua Central Hospital, while the other two were sent to the Begoro District Hospital for treatment.

The Zamrama chief of Dedeso, Mallam Hamidu Fuseini, who had stressed the need for security for the community, has appealed to the National Security apparatus to deploy more military men to the area and check the Fulanis who he claimed, had been harassing the residents.

The taxi drivers who ply the Dedeso-Afram Plains road on Friday refused to work because they claimed they had been gripped with fear and panic.

They told DAILY GUIDE that they wanted soldiers to be deployed to the area to deal with the spate of armed robbery.

The Fanteakwa DCE, who doubles as the District Security Chairman, told this paper that his outfit, in collaboration with the District Police Commander, DSP Samuel Odame, had put measures in place to get the robbers arrested, adding that the assembly had taken it upon itself to pay the bills of the robbery victims.