The Sakumono District Police Command has recovered GH¢140,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle after a robber was killed during an attack on a mobile money vendor at Lashibi.
According to a police statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs for the Accra Region, Chief Supt. Juliana Obeng, the incident occurred on July 3, 2026, when the victim was attacked by two armed men on a motorbike while driving home from work with a bag containing the GH¢140,000.
The suspects allegedly opened fire on the victim’s vehicle, damaging the right rear tyre and the front windscreen, before trying to make away with the cash.
The statement said the victim however, returned fire, killing one of them at the scene. The other suspect escaped, abandoning the bag containing the GH¢140,000, which police subsequently recovered.
A search conducted on the deceased suspect led to the retrieval of an AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines containing fifty-five rounds of live ammunition, an additional eleven rounds of live ammunition, GH¢3,000 in cash, a Samsung mobile phone, and an identification card bearing the name Innocent Elemuwa Akachukwu, aged 46. Police also recovered five AK-47 spent shells and two pistol spent shells from the scene.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation, autopsy and identification, while the Regional Police Command has taken over investigations.
Efforts are also underway to track down the accomplice who fled.
