Suspected robbers shoot NDC executive dead

It is reported that suspected armed robbers have shot dead a 36-year-old National Democratic Congress (NDC) branch executive identified as Emmanuel Acquah at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Western Region.

The incident reportedly occurred at about 8:30 am on Thursday while he was returning with two foreign nationals from a mining site.

Information gathered suggests the suspects fired gunshots into the back of a Toyota vehicle with registration number GW 4794-Y which they were riding in.

Unfortunately, the bullet hit Emmanuel who was driving the vehicle, leading to his death.

The foreigners, however, escaped unhurt.

The robbers made away with the gold bars they were transporting from the site.

The body of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary with no arrest made yet.

He left behind a wife and three children.

Meanwhile, three suspects have been remanded in police custody following a robbery attack on a gold-buying shop in Akoon-Tarkwa, in the Western Region.

The suspects, Ezekiel Stephen Oghenekaro, Samuel Amoashie, and Fatawu Awudu, were apprehended by police in the bush around Benso and Esuosu townships after the robbery on April 18, 2023.

The suspects, along with three other armed individuals, attacked the gold shop and made away with an unspecified amount of money.

However, the police launched an operation on the gang on the same day of the attack and managed to arrest the three suspects in the bush.