The Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into the robbery incident that led to the death of an ambulance driver with the Somanya branch of the county’s ambulance service, Abraham Tetteh.

No arrest has been made despite the deployment of police to the area.

The police report that nomadic herdsmen in the Aseseeso community where the ambulance was attacked have deserted their homes and cattle.

The Deputy Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Francis Gormado in an interview with Citi News said, “we are picking up some things which will assist us. It is also important that the public helps us with information that will lead to the arrest of the alleged robbers. Today it could be you, tomorrow it could be others”.Sergeant Francis Gormado also indicated that the regional command has some logistical constraints which he hoped will be addressed soon to help them fight crime.

“The only challenge is that accommodation wise, they have a problem with it, and we don’t have more men. With time, we will post more men with vehicles to assist in patrolling the area. Looking at the location of the station, if they have the logistics, things that happen on the stretch will be a thing of the past.”

The driver with the National Ambulance Service in the Eastern Region was shot by some unidentified armed men in the eye. Although he survived the attack, he subsequently died on Saturday, February 6, 2021.
Abraham Tetteh was left unconscious after eight suspected armed robbers shot him and extorted money from his colleagues.

They were transferring a woman who was in labour and her relative from the Akuse Government Hospital to the Koforidua Regional Hospital when the unfortunate incident occurred.

The driver was transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he passed on.