Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Police arrest Kan Dapaah’s assailers



                                               



Two people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery that took place at the residence of the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Hon. Albert Kan Dapaah.

The two suspects besieged the house of Hon. Kan Dapaah, at Sahara near Dansoman.

27-year old Aaron Apau and Gator Dzosu, 28, were arrested by the Police after thorough investigations.

Addressing the media in Accra on Tuesday, the Accra Regional Police Commander, COP Patrick Eden Timbilla confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

He explained that the police swooped down on Gabriel Donkor, the financier and supplier of ammunition to armed robbers including the gang that assailed Mr. Kan Dapaah on September 25, 2012 at his residence in Sahara, near Dansoman.

According to COP Patrick Timbilla, the arrest of Gabriel Donkor led to the arrest of the two suspects.

“The arrest of suspect Gabriel Donkor, aged 23, led to the arrest of 27-year-old Aaron Apau… and Gator Dzosu, 28,” COP Timbilla said.

The suspects admitted attacking the Mr. Kan Dapaah, who is also a Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere West, and also mentioned Atukwei Clottey and Emmanuel Tetteh as their accomplices.

The four persons at gun point entered the residence, and bolted away with a mini laptop, a Samsung galaxy mobile phone, a pistol, jewellery, an amount of ¢500.00 and  $1,000.

The robbery occurred at 11:41pm.

The robbers also shot the back left tyre of Mr. Dapaah’s Toyota Land Cruiser Prado before bolting.

COP Timbilla disclosed that the suspects were beneficiaries of the Justice for all Programme which grant amnesty to reformed prisoners.

He added that the two suspects will soon be arraigned before court.

Meanwhile, the police have begun a search for the two accomplices who are said to be on the run.

Their names are put on the police blacklist.


Source: Adu Gyamfi Ameyaw

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