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Armed men have robbed security officers protecting contractors working on the Ofankor to Nsawam project. The incident, which occurred at the Ofankor railway bridge section of the road, targeted night security officers and other individuals present at the site.
Senior Project Manager Abdulai Mahama reported that the security officers were robbed of their phones and other personal items and were tied up by the robbers early Sunday morning. Ing. Mahama explained that the robbery took place when the security officers attempted to confront the robbers, who were trying to loot a broken-down truck from Burkina Faso on the road.
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Mahama also noted that the Ofankor-Nsawam junction road frequently experiences robbery incidents. However, they have reported the incident to the police, who have assured them that an investigation will be conducted. “The head of internal security told me that apparently one of Burkina or the foreign trucks had developed a fault in that particular section. And as usual, when there are some of these faulty vehicles, these robbers make it a target to be able to go and get what is in those trucks.”
“One of the security men informed us that around 12:45 am, a Camry salon car, a black Toyota Camry, got to that location and approached the security. In the exchange of words, they tied the two security men, attacked two other men who were in the car, and took away their money and some phones before bolting.
This has been happening on the stretch whenever we have some of these faulty vehicles along the Ofankor stretch. But we have reported to the Ofankor police, and they have assured us that they are commencing an investigation.”
