Two SHS students arrested for robbery
Two students of Accra Academy have been arrested by the police for looting a boutique during a robbery escapade.
The two final-year Senior High School (SHS) students, Benjamin Adosu, 19 and Francis Obeng, 18, were part of a gang of four students from the school who stormed Papish Culture Boutique at Dzorwulu, a suburb of Accra and robbed the shop on Thursday afternoon.
Unfortunately, luck eluded the students when, after robbing the boutique at gunpoint, residents and a policeman around prevented them from escaping with their loot.
The two student robbers are in the custody of the Kotobabi Police, with police hunting the other two who managed to escape.
The mother of Adosu, upon hearing the information, rushed to the Kotobabi Police Station but collapsed the moment she saw her son and was immediately rushed to the hospital.
The two students on the run are 19 year old Richard Anane,a General Arts student and 18 year old Bramah Mohammed, a Business student.
Narrating the story to the Daily Guide newspaper, ASP John Coffie, Crime Officer with the Kotobabi District Police, said on Thursday, December 8, 2011, around 2:00p.m, he received information that four robbers in Accra Academy school uniform had attacked and robbed Papish Culture Boutique at Queens Star Plaza, Dzorwulu, at gunpoint.
He said upon reaching the place, two of the students and a taxi driver had been arrested by a police patrol team who happened to get to the scene earlier.
According to ASP Coffie, the suspects, before the operations, had visited the shop on three consecutive occasions without buying anything. On all the three occasions, the boys asked of the prices of items and left with a promise to come back.
He said the suspects, an hour before embarking on the operations, visited the shop on Thursday without buying anything.They asked the attendants numerous questions including the prices of the items and left.
According to ASP Coffie, the students came back around 2:00p.m the same day holding school bags. He said one of the suspects asked the attendant of the shop to show him the washroom and on their way there, another student pulled a sharp knife and a pistol, ordering the attendant not to make any noise.
They then pushed him into the washroom. With the help of the other suspects, they hit the attendant with some metals before tying him up with a rope and locking him inside the washroom.
According to him, the attendant peeped through a hole from the washroom, watching the suspects picking and loading every item they could lay hands on.
DSP Coffie said the attendant managed to untie the rope immediately the suspects stepped outside. He then shouted for assistance and jumped onto the bonnet of the Kia Pride cab with registration number GW 8398 Y, driven by one Abdullai Musa, 25.
Neighbours who saw what was happening started chasing the taxi cab, throwing stones and other objects at it. About 300 yards from the crime scene, a policeman who was passing by succeeded in blocking the taxi.
In the process, two of the students- Richard Anane and Bramah Mohammed- immediately jumped from the cab and escaped. The police patrol team, however, was able to arrest the taxi driver, Abdullai Musa, Benjamin Adosu, and Francis Obeng.
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