From Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua
TWO suspected armed robbers who attacked and robbed a businessman of GH¢6,000 in broad day light at Brekuso in the Eastern Region have been arrested by the police.
The suspects, Kofi Asiedu, 29 and Ismaila Mohammed, 26, were said to have attacked Mr Samuel Bruce Peprah, 59, in the middle of a road at Brekuso at about 1.30 p.m and made away with his bag containing the amount and a mobile phone.
They were said to have pursued the businessman and his driver from Koforidua to Brekuso, where they used an Opel Vectra taxi to overtake and cross his Hyundai Mighty truck with registration number GT 524 F heading towards Accra.
Right in the middle of the road, the two, including another accomplice who is on the run, rushed out of the taxi with registration number GT 6327 S and pulled out a machete, which they used to attack Mr Peprah before robbing him.
Briefing newsmen on the incident, the New Juaben Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent of Police, Mr John A. Naami said at about 1.30 p.m on July 8, police intelligence gathered that some armed robbers who had gone on an operation at Brekuso were sharing the booty in a house at Okorase.
Immediately a team of policemen were dispatched to the area, where after thorough investigations they succeeded in apprehending Asiedu and Mohammed.
One of the robbers, whose name was only given as Diggy, however, managed to escape.
The police then retrieved GH4,700 out of the GH¢6,000 and his mobile phones, they took from the businessman.
Superintendent Naami said further police investigations into the case had revealed that the driver of the businessman informed his accomplices of his master’s movement from Koforidua through Brekuso to Accra.
During interrogations, Asiedu and Mohammed told the police that Kwofie, who claimed that he was not well paid by his master, sought their assistance to rob Mr Peprah, whom he described as "frail and easy to be robbed"
Narrating the incident to The Mirror, Mr Peprah said on Tuesday, July 8 at about 7.30 a.m, he called his driver, Kwofie, also a resident of Okorase, to accompany him to Accra to purchase a packet of roofing sheets.
He said when they reached Brekuso, Kwofie deliberately slowed down during which an Opel Vectra taxi cab on top speed overtook and crossed them right in the middle of the road at about 1.30 p.m.
One of the robbers, whose name was only given as Diggy, pulled out a machete and attempted to slash his right hand but he swerved and for fear of being killed, he willingly gave out the bag containing the money and his mobile phone.
He indicated that another robber also attacked his driver and demanded his mobile phone after which they sped off in the Opel Vectra taxi cab.
Mr Peprah said soon after the robbers had left, a friend of his who was travelling from Aburi to Accra on the same stretch of road, arrived at scene and he narrated the ordeal he had gone through.
He said he and his friend pursued the robbers but their efforts proved futile after which he went back to Koforidua.
According to him, it was the following day, Thursday, July 9, 2009 that his wife informed him that there was rumours in town that his driver, Kwofie, orchestrated the robbery operation.
He, therefore, reported the matter to the New Juaben Municipal Police Command.
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