THE Suame District Police Command is searching for a security man alleged to have recruited a gang of robbers who attacked the Afrancho branch of Unity Oil fuel station and made away with an amount of GH¢2,684 00.
The suspect, identified as Kwadwo Antwi, and his gang also made away with a Barclays Bank cheque with face value of GH¢371.70 when they attacked the fuel station around 7.00a.m. on Sunday, June 20, 2010.
So far, the Suame District Police has arrested two of the suspects who were identified as Frederick Annor and Daniel Donyina.
The two were remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice Batu, when they appeared before him on Friday, November 12, 2010.
The suspects, who pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to rob and robbery, would reappear before the court on November 29, 2010.
Briefing the court on the facts of the case, a State Attorney, Mr Emmanuel Lawrence Otoo-Boison, said the complainant is a cashier at the Afrancho branch of Unity Oil where the security man, now at large, also works.
He said around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, June 20, 2010, Frederick Annor and Daniel Donyina hired a taxi that took them to the Afrancho branch of Unity Oil and when they arrived, they entered the office of the complainant, brought out a locally manufactured pistol and ordered the complainant to surrender all the money in her possession.
He said investigations proved that it was the security man, now at large, who allegedly recruited Donyina and Annor to attack the fuel station and monitored their movement until they arrived at the station.
Explaining, Mr Otoo-Boison said during the attack, the suspects succeeded in taking an amount of GH¢2,684.00 and a Barclays Bank cheque with face value of Gh¢371.70 and just afterwards, rushed out with the money and boarded the taxi parked around the station and ordered the driver to move.
According to the prosecutor, just as the driver was about to move, he heard the complainant shouting, “thieves,” pointing to the suspects who had joined the taxi.
He said the driver became suspicious and was therefore reluctant to move the taxi and at that point, the suspects fished out the pistols they were wielding and pointed it at the driver, ordering him to move quickly.
He said the driver drove to the Afrancho township, turned off the ignition key and jumped off the taxi, shouting for help, which attracted the youth in the community to come to his rescue.
He said the youth succeeded in overpowering the two suspected robbers, arrested them and informed the Suame District police who arrived to take them into their custody for them to assist in their investigations.
He said during investigations, the suspects mentioned Kwadwo Antwi as the one who allegedly recruited them to rob the fuel station.
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