The Ghana Police Service have arrested two suspected robbers who attacked police officers and attempted to commit robbery.
In a statement dated October 11, 2023, the police said the two suspects were preparing to commit robbery and opening fire on police officers at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
According to the statement, the suspects, Alhaji Wahab Suleiman and Ibrahim Abubakari, together with one other accomplice currently on the run, opened fire on officers who were on an operation to quell a planned robbery attack on a mobile money vendor at Ejura.
Two of the officers sustained gunshot wounds in the process and were rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
“However, one of the officers, No 42250 General Sergeant Ahmed Kamal, unfortunately passed on”, the police said in the statement.
It added that, the two robbery suspects who also sustained gunshot injuries from the exchange are also receiving medical attention under Police protection while efforts are underway to get their accomplice arrested to face justice.
During the arrest, the police retrieved two (2) SB shotguns, one (1) pump-action gun, six(6) live BB cartridges and one (1) used BB cartridge.
