Suhum (Eastern Region) 26 May '99

Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the manager of the Nsutam Unipetrol filling station, near Kibi and two of his watchmen and made away with two million cedis and two single-barrelled guns.

Mr Musah Banda, the manager and his two watchmen, Mr Offei Atta and Mr Issa Dagomba, are in critical conditions and are on admission at the Kibi Government Hospital.

Sources close to the Suhum Police told the Ghana News Agency that three armed men broke into the office where Mr Banda was sleeping at midnight and demanded that he should surrender every money in the office to them.

When Mr Banda told them that sales made for the day had been deposited at the bank, one of the robbers fired at him two times but the bullets missed their target.

This was followed by a fierce scuffle between Mr Banda and the robbers who inflicted several cutlass wounds on him.

The robbers then bolted with the money they took from a drawer and left Mr Banda in a pool of blood. Mr Banda however managed to stab two of them and raised the alarm, which resulted in the arrest of one of the robbers.

The remaining two robbers drove away in a waiting car while the watchmen were later found in the thicket tied to trees.

The police sources identified the arrested robber as Abrefa Luke from Nsutam.

Meanwhile, the police have appealed to the public, especially herbalists and health workers to report any person seeking their assistance to treat stab wounds.