Ghana: Two Filling Station Robbers Arrested In Winneba

Police in Winneba in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana are on a manhunt for two suspects who were among a gang of four that robbed and killed a security guard at the Glory Oil fuel filling station in Winneba.

Two of the gang members, John Okechuku; a Nigerian national, and Mamady Unkromah; a Guinean, are currently in the grip of the Winneba District Police Command.

Speaking in an interview with Accra- based Citi FM, the Winneba District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Adjirakor narrated that on July 26, 2019, police in Winneba received a distress call from a filling station attendant of an alleged robbery incident.

“When Police got to the scene, they found the body of a 55-year-old security guard, Jones Bortey lying in a prone position with both hands and legs tied with a sponge and an amount of GHc1,747.00 missing from one of the drawers,” Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Adjirakor said.

According to the Police commander, upon further inspection of the body, police found a deep cut on the right jaw and a cut on the right ear of the deceased.

He indicated that the Police Patrol team on that same day mounted a search and arrested five individuals adding that the Police found four mobile phones on the spot including that of the deceased security guard.

“When we interrogated them, one of the suspects, John Okechuku, a 33-year-old Nigeria national identified one of the exhibit phones as his including that of the deceased security man,” the Police Commander said.

He indicated that upon further interrogation, John Okechuku confessed that they were four Nigerians who had come to Winneba from Accra to rob.

The Police Commander cautioned the general public to be wary of suspicious characters and volunteer information to the police when necessary.

“I also want to tell filling station owners to at least get a licensed weapon which must be brought to the Police station for examination as well as the individual who will be using it,” Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Ajirakor said.