Bolgatanga: One shot dead, another injured in a robbery attack

Deceased lying in a pool of blood

The articulated truck in question

One person was shot dead this morning with another sustaining serious gunshot wounds in a robbery attack on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo highway. 

The incident occurred at about 2.am right at the junction of the Bolgatanga High Court.

The victims were among three occupants of a DAF articulated truck en route from Kumasi to neighbouring Burkina Faso. 

Narrating the incident to Radio Ghana, Francis Osei, one of the driver’s mates who survived the robbery incident, said after driving for long hours, his driver decided to park for a while and continue the journey the next day. 

He said the truck with registration number 11 HL 4886 was however parked along the road when incidentally two unidentified men wielding short guns approached them and requested them to produce their belongings or risk losing their lives.

 They were subsequently asked to lie on the floor for which the deceased, whose name was given as Baba Taller declined.

 After refusing to heed to their request, Taller engaged the robbers in a hot verbal exchange, demanding an explanation as to why they should produce their belongings. 

According to Osei, one of the robbers pulled a trigger killing Taller on the spot. 

He said the driver sensing danger decided to retaliate but was overpowered by the robbers and shot in addition. 

The robbers then sped away with their motorbike after robbing them of their monies and mobile phones.  

 The lifeless body of Taller was covered with a cloth at the time Radio Ghana got to the scene. 

Meanwhile, the driver who is said to be in a critical condition is currently on admission at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital receiving medical attention. 

Moreover, the Regional Police Command is carrying out thorough investigations to enable them clamp down on  perpetrators. 

Some residents who spoke to Radio Ghana on condition of anonymity expressed dismay about the robbery attack and called on the police to intensify their highway patrols to save road users from such attacks.

GBC