Police offer GH¢8,000 reward

Page 3: June 25, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Police Administration has declared an GH¢8,000 reward for information about the armed robbers who attacked the Madina branch of Ecobank, shot and killed a cop guarding a bullion van and made away with GH¢60,000.
It said anyone who provided information that would lead to the arrest of the suspects would be duly rewarded with that amount.
The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwesi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the police made an initial offer of GH¢3,000 while a philanthropist who wants to remain anonimous offered GH¢5,000.
He said the Inspector General of Police, Mr P. K. Acheampong, had also issued a directive to all regional, divisional and district police commanders to use all their contacts and intelligence to bring the perpetrators to book.
He said the IGP also asked the commanders to step up their operations against the upsurge in robbery in the country.
DSP Ofori appealed to members of the public to assist and co-operate with the police in bringing the perpetrators to book.
According to him, the incident took place in the full glare of the public and that those who were witnesses should be able to pass on some relevant information about the suspects to the police.
He reminded the public that modern policing was a shared responsibility with the public.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to co-operate with the police in fighting crime.
DSP Ofori said any information about questionable characters in their communities and any threats to lives and property should be reported to the police for immediate action.
He said apart from the emergency line 191 for users of cellphones for residents of Accra, the police could also be contacted on 021-775769; 021-773695 and 021-775765.
For those in Kumasi, Tema, Koforidua and Tema, he said, the police could be contacted on 051-22323; 022-202936/7; 081-22569 and 071-22297.
Gunmen on Monday attacked the Madina branch of Ecobank, shot and killed a cop guarding a bullion van and made away with GH¢60,000.
The scary operation brought activities on the busy streets of Madina to a halt for more than three hours, during which eyewitnesses said the robbers, numbering about five and in a blue-black Toyota Corolla saloon car with no registration number, took positions on the premises of the bank to wait for the arrival of the bullion van.