Details are emerging about how two armed robbers on a motorbike killed a
forex bureau operator at Dawhenya in Tema and made away with an amount
of GH¢600,000 he borrowed from some friends.
DAILY GUIDE gathered that the gunmen shot the forex bureau operator
commonly called Alhaji Osman Jadad, aka Alhaji Sita, and his friend in a
car. Both were rushed to hospital but the forex bureau operator died
upon arrival.
His friend, who was shot in the chest by the assailants, survived the
attack. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of the
37 Military Hospital in Accra pending autopsy.
Confirming the incident, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Issah
Mohammed Contona, Prampram District Police Commander, told DAILY GUIDE
that the deceased received a call from a customer who wanted to change
$80,000 into cedis.
According to DSP Contona, the deceased quickly contacted some friends,
including a casino operator, who arranged for the cedi equivalent of
dollars for him.
He said the supposed customer asked the deceased to meet him at Dawhenya
with the money, adding that Alhaji Sita and three persons, who helped
mobilize the money for him were ambushed on their way to the town.
“His friends, who brought the money, were reluctant to transact the
business with the supposed customer outside the forex bureau, but he
managed to convince them that they will take a police escort at the
Dawhenya Police Station as a result of the huge amount of money they
were carrying. They agreed to follow him to meet the customer to collect
the dollar equivalent so they could return to Accra,” he said.
He, however, mentioned that for some strange reason the deceased passed
the police station without getting the escort only to be attacked few
metres away.
“As soon as they passed the police station, the armed robbers struck;
they shot two persons in the car, including the forex bureau operator
and ordered the two persons at the back seat to hand over the money in
two bags to them and left,” he explained.
DSP Contona further stated nobody was able to muster courage to confront
the armed robbers, who were firing gunshots indiscriminately, adding
that they bolted on motorbike with the money.
He stressed that the three persons, who gave the money to the deceased,
were arrested but granted bail after interrogation. The police chief
said investigations were ongoing to bring the perpetrators of the
heinous crime to book. He was buried yesterday at the Achimota Cemetery.
