Police investigate attack on Mampong police station
The Eastern Regional Police Commander has begun an investigation into a violent attack on the Akuapem-Mampong Police Station by three gun-wielding armed robbers.
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The command stated that it had taken over the case, given the “serious nature of the attack by the masked armed robbers.”
The Eastern Regional Police Public Affairs Director, ASP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, told the Daily Graphic that the command would go all out to apprehend the suspected armed robbers.
He stated that the three robbers, armed with an AK47 riffle, a pump action gun and a locally manufactured pistol, stormed the Akuapem-Mampong Police Station at 2.30 a.m on November 10, 2013 with the motive to free their colleagues.
Their intent was, however, foiled when the only policeman manning the station, Lance Corporal Ofori Djumor, fired two warning shots before being attacked by the armed men.
He stated that police preliminary investigations revealed that the armed men had attempted to free four of their colleagues who had been placed in police cells for their involvement in a robbery incident.
“The three armed robbers wounded the Lance Corporal on duty when they used their weapons to hit his head and left side of his neck before fleeing with an AK47 riffle with 20 rounds of ammunition”, ASP Nketia-Yeboah stated.
That was after they had demanded the keys to the cell.
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The police patrol at Mampong were called in but it arrived at the police station after the attackers had left.
“They rushed Lance Corporal Djumor to the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital where he was treated and discharged the same day”, he stated.
The Eastern Regional Police Command had appealed to the members of the general public to be on the lookout and report to the nearest police station any persons seen with AK47 riffle.
Daily Graphic/Ghana