2M Express driver recounts robbery attack on Kumasi – Accra highway

CCTV footage intercepted by Akoma’s 87.9-fm morning show #GhanAkoma reveals how the late Okyem Aboagye’s 2M Express driver and passengers narrowly escaped armed robbers’ attack on Kumasi-Accra.

The incident, which was captured by the installed CCTV cameras in the vehicle, showed sporadic gunshots from armed robbers into the vehicle of the 2M Express.

Dozens of passengers were robbed at gunpoint, leaving some injured.

The suspects, numbering about five, according to the victims, robbed passengers of their money, phones and other valuables at the Asankare-Atwedie stretch of the road.

The incident reportedly occurred around 11:39 pm on Wednesday, February, 21.

Narrating the incident to the host of the Ghanakoma morning show on Akoma 87.9fm in Kumasi with Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin, the driver of the 2m Express bus, Etienne, disclosed that the suspected robbers were operating with big guns, machetes and huge sticks.

He revealed that some of the passengers were beaten to a pulp for not having enough money on them.

“The gun-wielding men had mounted a barrier to stop vehicles from both ends of the road. I saw about 4 passenger vehicles that were stopped by the robbers. They then asked us to come down and began to demand our valuables.

“One of the women on board a splinter bus was beaten heavily by the robbers when she failed to show where her money was. The robbers attacked her with huge sticks and a machete, while others also hit her with a gun, causing her injuries,” he stated.

The driver, however, revealed that the suspected armed robbers vanished into a nearby bush upon hearing a police siren from a distance.