Armed Robbery In Tatale-Sangul District-KOYA USA- Calls For Help For The Local Communities.

Konkomba Youth Association,United States of America Branch calls on the Government of Ghana to come to the aid of the residence and the affected families of the armed robbery case in Tatale.The Communities like Nyojado who lost 3 of their members because of cross fire with the armed robbers should be help and treated as heroes for rising to defend mother Ghana.

Tatale-Sangul district is located in the eastern corridor of Ghana and shares border with Togo. Residents and Ghanaians in other localities transact international business with their Togolese counterparts.

Due to these business transactions, the district is prone to open armed robbery. Such was the case in the report of a fatal armed robbery in Tatale and Sangul townships and their environs on Sunday, May-21st, 2017.

Reports say the armed men riding motorbikes first attacked and robbed business men and women in Tatale town and proceeded to Kpaributaab town for same operations targeting the Credit Union leading to loss of many lives and several properties mainly cash.

On their way to escape, residents of Nyojado and surrounding communities intercepted them by blocking the road to delay their travel and ease their arrest. Unfortunately, the armed robbers opened fire on these residents killing reportedly 3 people. The indefatigable District Police arrived at the scene in Nyojado and retrieved some of the items abandoned by the fleeing robbers including motorbike and cash amounts. Currently, residents of Nyojado and other communities in the district are under attack and need protection from security agencies.

The armed robbers are dispersed into the neighboring bushes and lunch sporadic ambush attacks on the surrounding communities. Many more lives have been lost as a result of these attacks and all the community members are living under constant fear of being attacked by the armed robbers. We wish to call the attention of the Ghana Police Service and the National Security Service to come to the aid of these communities especially Nyojado and many other riverine communities around Sabare areas.

Many lives are lost and the people are helpless against the armed robbers. We anticipate that help may be on the way but we just want to highlight the need to expedite action, and the nature of assistance needed as well as the affected areas in this situation.

Finally, in order to curtail the amount of damage in the unfortunate occurrence of future incidences of this nature, we wish to appeal to the Ghana Police Service to consider beefing up the Tatale-Sangul District Police Department in numbers and also in arsenal to enable them crack down these evil minded robbers effectively.

With many thanks in advance, we anticipate that this plea will receive the needed attention.

William Ntebe, President, KOYA-USA.