ROBBERS ATTACK HOUSEHOLD AT NORTH LEGON (PAGE 31)

09/04/08
Robbers attack household at North Legon
Story: Mary Mensah
Four armed robbers attacked a house on the Kofi Annan Avenue at North Legon yesterday, making away with valuables, including wedding rings.
The robbers, wielding locally made pistols and machetes, were alleged to have used a cement block to break into the house at 1.00 a.m.
According to one of the victims, Mr Augustine Kwabi, he was fast asleep with his pregnant wife and a cousin who is nursing three-month-old twins when they heard a big bang on the door.
Mr Kwabi said when he heard the bang, he first thought something had fallen on the roof and he was about to go out to find out when the robbers entered his room.
He said three of them held locally made pistols, while the fourth had a machete, adding that the robbers ordered them to surrender all the money in their possession, including jewellery and other valuables, and asked for the keys to two vehicles parked in front of the house.
The robbers managed to make away with jewellery, including the wedding rings on their victims’ fingers, two DVD players, eight mobile phones, electric irons and a sound system.
He said after leaving the room, the robbers tried moving one vehicle but they could not, for which reason they abandoned the idea and left.
Afterwards, he rushed to the Madina Police Station about 3.00 a.m. to report the incident but added that the police had not bothered to come to the house to investigate the incident.
Mr Kwabi said four days after the incident, another house was attacked by the same group of robbers who made away again with valuables and the wedding rings of their victims.