FIVE armed robbers attacked and robbed 40 traders of several millions of cedis at gun-point last Thursday at Kokofu in the Atebubu District of Brong Ahafo.

The traders were travelling from Kumasi to Kwadwokrom, a fish-marketing centre, situated on the banks of the River Volta, in the Sene District.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Peter Baba, Atebubu and Sene District Police Commander, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency at Kwame Danso at the weekend.

He said the masked robbers, weilding guns, blocked the road at the outskirts of the town, off the Atebubu-Kwame Danso road, and attacked the traders as their vehicle with registration number AS 3009 D pulled up at the spot.

Mr Baba said the robbers took away more than ?40 million from the traders.

The district commander said the traders suspected that the robbers trailed them from Kumasi because when their vehicle stopped at the barrier near Asante-Mampong, the Landrover which the robbers were using overtook them.

ASP Baba called on traders to come together and seek police or military protection to and from their destinations.

Some traders from Sunyani deplored the incident, which they described as a menace and urged the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to arrange the needed security for passengers.