The Ghana Police Service on Thursday, August 13, arrested a Nigerian member of a robbery syndicate, Augustine Okechukwu Maazi, and gunned down two others for attempting to rob three banks in Labone, Accra, the country’s cay.
According to the police service, around 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, police received intelligence report that some robbers were preparing to attack the GCB Bank, Ecobank and the Zenith Bank located at Labone.
Following the receipt of the intelligence report, a police team was immediately deployed to Labone where the gang members were spotted in their vehicles parked close to the banks.
Upon sighting the police, one of the vehicle sped off in an attempt to escape. The police team was said to have given them a chase and arrested Augustine Okechuku Maazi while the other occupant escaped.
The robbers in the second vehicle also attempted to escape amid firing of gunshots. The police however engaged them in a shootout resulting in the death of two of the robbers.
According to the Ghana Police Service in a statement on the incident, the police team also recovered two vehicles, a Toyota Highlander, a Hyundai Tucson as well as a pistol.
“Suspect Augustine Okechuku Maazi is in custody assisting the investigation while the bodies of the two robbers have been deposited at the morgue for preservation, identification and autopsy,” the police service said.
