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Accused robber run down by taxi released from Police Hospital

The Accra Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Afia Tenge told Pulse.com.gh one of the men involved in the incident was released from the Police Hospital on Friday, while the other is still in the hospital under guard.

 

One of the suspects injured in the Koala robbery incident has been released from hospital and taken into police custody.

The Accra Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Afia Tenge told Pulse.com.gh one of the men involved in the incident was released from the Police Hospital on Friday, while the other is still in the hospital under guard.

The two suspects, Stanley Obaliko, alias Sully Mohammed, 35, a Nigerian resident in Ghana, and Okoe Quarcoe, 30, unemployed were injured when they attempted to rob Koala marketing administrator Lydia Horsu on January 9, 2016 in the Cantonments region of Accra.

The two men were stopped by a taxi driver, Fred Ade, who witnessed the attempted robbery. He used his taxi to chase the two men who were on a motorbike and knock them into a gutter.

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Three other men accused of being involved in the incident have denied their involvement.

Michael Edoe Ahiataku, an ex-soldier; Gilbert Osabutey, a shop supervisor at Koala Shopping Centre, and Frederick Sedro Kwame, a private security guard were charged with conspiracy to commit crime, possession of firearm and ammunition without authority, robbery and causing harm. They plead not guilty to the charges and have since been remanded in police custody, the Daily Graphic reported.

ASP Tenge could not immediately comment to Pulse.com.gh on a further two people media had reported were suspected to be involved in the incident but were at large.

However, she confirmed all five named suspects involved in the case will be put before the court on February 24.

Police have alleged that on January 8, at about 8 p.m., all the accused met at the Koala Shopping Centre at Cantonments where Osabutey briefed them on the movements of Horsu, who goes round daily to collect money from sales and later sends it to the company’s head office at the Airport residential area. They hatched a plan to rob her the following day.The following morning at about 8 a.m. Horsu went to the Cantonments branch to do her work, then left to go back to the head office, while the accused communicated her movements to each other, leading Obaliko and Quarcoe to trial her on a motorbike, Obaliko is then alleged to have pointed a pistol at her, ordering her to surrender her handbag, the Graphic reported.

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It was reported the woman refused to comply, and Obaliko pushed her to the ground and snatched the handbag, then shot her twice in her left thigh and calf, after which he and Quarcoe sped off on their motorbike.

They were then chased down by Ade and arrested by police.

Last week, the case was meant to be heard in court but was adjourned as the accused were absent.

Meanwhile, the taxi driver, Frank Ade has been rewarded for his efforts from Koala, President John Mahama and the National Secretariat of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has given  Ade GHȼ1,000 for his bravery.

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