Police Kill Budumburam MoMo Robbery Suspect

One of the suspects involved in the attack on a mobile money vendor near a public toilet in the Budumburam camp has been gunned down by the Police. Information indicates the deceased resisted arrest and attempted to bolt even after he was handcuffed which resulted in him being shot dead by the Police.

The deceased suspect who has been identified as Kwame was on the Police wanted list over a dawn robbery attack on the mobile money vendor at Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.

During an operation by personnel from the Central Regional Police Command to effect his arrest on Friday night, the suspect vehemently resisted and physically wounded a Police officer.

He was overpowered and handcuffed but he still attempted to flee causing the police to shoot him which resulted in his death. Michael Anderson, the 28 year old Mobile Money vendor was shot by the robbers on December 30, 2022, at a public toilet facility in Buduburam.

The dawn robbery attack also saw the operator of the public toilet facility robbed at gunpoint. Michael died on January 5, 2023, whilst on admission at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital.