Publisher robbed in airport road traffic

Accra, Oct. 8, Ghanadot/GNA – The publisher of the London-based Ghana Review, Nana Otuo Acheampong, has said he was robbed of cash and other valuable items last Saturday night in a swift action by three men as traffic inched along on the airport road in Accra.

In a statement issued in Accra on Thursday, he said the incident happened at approximately 1930 hours while he was driving around Opebea - Airport Road in Accra.

“Traffic was heavy so all vehicles including mine had slowed down and were moving at a snail’s pace,” Nana Otuo said.

“Then suddenly a decently-dressed gentle looking man emerged from the jammed up vehicles, opened the front passenger side door of my vehicle and sat in.

“Before I could shout at him, he pulled out a pistol and motioned to me to shut up. Two others, also decently dressed, concurrently opened the back doors and joined quietly while traffic was moving slowly.”

Nana Otuo said one of the robbers asked how he was doing and he told him he was doing fairly well.

“Then the one wielding the gun told me to keep calm and cooperate with them or else I will be long gone.
“They searched my car and found an amount of GHc 1,620.00, two mobile phones and a brown envelop containing a passport and two pictures.

“Having collected these items, one of them said to me ‘Thanks man, we shall meet again’. They jumped out of the vehicle while still in traffic and escaped through the jammed up vehicles.”

Nana Otuo said he parked the vehicle in total dismay and for over 15 minutes “I remained thunderstruck”.
He said a friend who accompanied him to the police station to lodge a complaint later drove him home.

GNA

 

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