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Police grab 24 suspected robbers allegedly terrorising travellers
Their targets are often businessmen, especially gold dealers, who travelled to transact business in other parts of the country.
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The suspects, believed to be of Fulani extraction, are alleged to have been operating a network which shared information on the movement of passenger buses from Accra to all parts of the country, the Daily Graphic reports.
They are Abdulai Salia, alias Mallam, Bob Cedi or Forest Killer, Abdul Karim, Abdul Razak Abubakar, Saliu Ali, Ibrahim Issaka, Abdul Razak Osman, Mohammed Fatau, alias Sowah, Kofi Ahmed, and Osman Yaro Jallo.
The others are Musah Bube, Inusah Layah, alias Techiman, Shaibu Hamidu, Saga Amadu, Ibrahim Mamudu, alias Al Jumah, Kofi Azuma, alias Adama or Tallar.
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The rest are Issaka Abubakari, Seidu Osman, alias Alhaji or Seidu Mamprusi, Ali Issaka, Osman Umaru, Abubakari Ali, Bolli Bukari Jallo, Iddrisa Jallo and Amenga, alias Asutuare.
The suspected robbers are also said to be involved in cross-border crimes, especially in northern Ghana and neighbouring Burkina Faso.
The Director General of the CID, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Bright Oduro, told the Daily Graphic that nine of the suspects were arrested upon a tip-off during the latter part of 2016.
He said that 15 were arrested between February and June this year.
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Meanwhile, a search has been mounted for 21 other highway robbers who are currently at large.
Modus operandi of the suspects
The police said the suspects usually blocked roads to compel motorists to stop so that they could rob them at gunpoint.
Others are traders on trips to do business or returning home from the market.
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DCOP Oduro added that “These Fulani robbers have perpetrated their trade in the southern, middle and northern parts of the country and unleashed terror on well-meaning Ghanaians who were going about their normal businesses.”
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