The late Okyem Aboagye’s 2M Express driver and passengers barely avoided an armed robbery attack on the Kumasi–Acccra highway, according to CCTV footage that Akoma 87.9FM morning show, GhanAkoma, intercepted.
A CCTV camera mounted in the car recorded the incident, which included intermittent gunfire from armed robbers into the 2M Express car.
At gunpoint, scores of passengers were robbed, with some suffering injuries.
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The victims claim that along the Asankare-Athedie section of the route, a group of approximately five suspects robbed passengers of their money, phones, and other belongings.
The incident reportedly occurred around 11:40pm on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
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The bus driver, Etiene, told the host of the programme, Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin, about the situation and revealed that the thieves they were allegedly utilizing had large weapons, machetes, and enormous sticks.
He disclosed that a few of the travelers were rendered unconscious due to insufficient cash on them.
“The men with guns had set up a barricade to prevent cars from approaching from either side of the street. I observed roughly four passenger cars that the bandits had pulled over. Then they started demanding our valuables and asked us to come down.
When a woman on a sprinter bus refused to show the robbers where her money was, they severely beat her. The bus driver described how the robbers assaulted her with large sticks and a machete, and some of them also struck her with a revolver, injuring her.
However, the driver disclosed that the alleged armed robbers ran into a nearby thicket as they heard a police siren in the distance.
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