Bolgatanga, Jan. 9, – The Upper
East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Redeemer
Vincent Dedjo, has warned criminals from other Regions who seek refuge there to
stay away as the Region is not a safe sanctuary for them.
The Commander issued the warning
at a News conference in Bolgatanga on Monday, to brief the media about ten
suspected armed robbers who were arrested at their hideout at Gambibgo, a
community in the Bolgatanga Municipality.
DCOP Dedjo said on November 20,
2017 at about 0100 hours, five men, armed with pistols, a short gun, hammer and
machetes attacked an orphanage at New Ningo, and succeeded in robbing victims
of an unspecified amount of foreign and local currencies, and six different types
of mobile phones including iPhones, after which they subjected some of the
victims to severe beating.
He said the incident was reported
to the Prampram Police, adding, “attempts to break into one of the iPhones by
the robbers sent a number to the owner through his Gmail account. Police took
the phone number, tracked and traced the phone to Circle a suburb of Accra and
arrested two suspects”.
He said thorough investigations
revealed that someone sent the phone to be decoded and was traced to Bolgatanga
and through effective collaboration between the Regional Criminal
Investigations Department (RCID) and two Police Officers from Prampram, the
five suspects who participated in the act were arrested and three foreign
pistols, one short gun and ammunition were retrieved from them.
DCOP Dedjo said a joint operation
was further conducted by the Upper East Police Command and that of Prampram
which led to the arrest of suspects; Rufai Umoro, a Nigerian aged 36, Otu
Laryea Nevis aged 27, Stephen Botey aged 29 and Adongbire Asampana aged 24 and
the wife of one suspect Mutaka Mohammed who is the gang leader but managed to
escape.
He was however later arrested
upon a tip off at the Tamale lorry station in Bolgatanga, where he had gone to
travel to Tamale.
The Commander disclosed that
three foreign pistols and four magazines with their ammunition, 86 pieces of
9mm ammunition, one short local gun and 12BB cartridges were found on him upon
a search.
He said upon further search at
their hideout at Gambibgo, three Nokia phones, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung
Galaxy Duos, Infinix Note, Tecno tablet, Tecno T349 and HP laptop and its
charger were retrieved.
DCOP Dedjo said on interrogation,
suspect Mohammed mentioned suspects Israel Valentine Edoh alias Nana Yaw, also
known as Pastor Valentine, aged 43 and Mike Osuji aged 48 both Nigerians as
persons who asked him to bring weapons to assist them rob a gold businessman at
Gbani Mining Site in the Talensi District.
He led the police team to a hotel
at Bukere, a suburb of Bolgatanga where they were arrested. Suspect Edoh also
mentioned suspect Musah Issah as his informant who told him that there was a
businessman who had gold and money in his house and wanted him (Edoh) to
organize robbers to rob him.
“The said Musah Issah also
mentioned suspect Daniel Adosi alias Pastor Dan aged 52 as the one who
introduced suspect Israel Valentine Edoh to him. Subsequently suspect Daniel
Adosi was arrested.” The Commander said, and added that all suspects were in
Police custody assisting investigation.
In another development, DCOP
Dedjo said one Aduku Wahabu Awinitit, alias Bullet, with braided hair who is
declared wanted by the Ashaiman Police for series of robberies committed in
Ashaiman and its environs, was picked up at a hotel at Binaba in the Bawku West
District when he relocated to the Region. He would be handed over to Ashaiman
police, he added.
GNA
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