Showbiz › General News       15.05.2007

Armed Robbers Attack Christiana Love

One of Ghana's strongest female Gospel artistes Christiana (Mama) Love was attacked by armed robbers. It happened at the dawn of last Thursday in her Accra residence.

Breaking the news on Peace FM's entertainment review this Saturday, Mama Christy's husband, Mr. Love Hammond who was not present at the time of the robbery narrated that at about 2:30 am on Friday morning he had information that his family have been attacked by an unknown gang of robbers.

According to Pastor Love, it rained very heavily that morning so while the neighbours were seeking refuge in their homes the heartless robbers took advantage of the situation broke into the Hammonds quiet Christian home.

Though Pastor Love met the absence of the criminals, he gave account that they were made up of four strong and heavily armed men. Present in the house at that particular time was two boys believed to be instrumentalists, a maidservant, a female Pastor, his wife and two kids.

During the said operation, the robbers locked up the two instrumentalists and the maidservant in a room at gunpoint and followed Christiana Love to her bedroom demanding twenty million cedis or they kill her.

At the time, according to Pastor Love, the only amount available was seven million cedis, which Mama Christy gave them with no hesitation. Thereafter, they took off Christy's wedding rings, her shoes and clothes and that of Pastor Loves'.

They also made away with a DVD player, seven mobile phones (both used and unused once), jewelleries and other personal effects.

As if that wasn't enough, the robbers subjected Christiana Love to severe beating for hesitating to give them the twenty million cedis cash they demanded. After beating her, they warned her to put enough money home so they can get what they want next time.

The least Pastor Love could do on his arrival was, to report the case to the Odorkor police station where the case is currently under investigation and sent his tortured wife to the hospital.

“It is embarrassing and very dangerous for fellow human beings to decide not to do any hard work but use just a few minutes to destroy the livelihood of such a peaceful family and take everything they have worked for all these years within a twinkle of an eye,” Pastor Love said this with much shock.

Speaking to Christiana Love live on air as a witness and victim of the robbery for an account of what really transpired between her and the criminals, she said when the rain started at about 1:30 am, she together with two instrumentalist were watching movie in the living room while the other ladies and the two kids were asleep.

All they heard was a very huge sound, which sounded like a gun short. According to her she couldn't believe it until one of the guys confirmed that there are armed robbers in the house.

Initially the robbers tried breaking the living room door but since it couldn't work they had to force their way through the kitchen door.

Similar to the case of female rapper Mzbel, Christiana Love revealed that the armed robbers also tried to rape her and one other lady in the process but she had to struggle with two strong men and by the grace of God they couldn't succeed.

When the host Kwasi Aboagye asked her whether anyone was injured, Christy confirmed that the instrumentalist had cuts at their back from the sharp knifes the armed robbers had and she got injured during her struggle with them.

“What I want everybody to know is that there is so much sin going on now but when the Lord almighty is with you, the devil will attempt but so long as God is still alive they will never succeed,” She boldly said.

Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah, Showghana.com

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