A 21-year-old mobile money vendor, Desmond Adzah, was shot and killed by suspected armed robbers at Quarters Junction, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality, on the evening of Wednesday, July 9.
Desmond was reportedly returning home from his shop around 7:00 p.m. when he was ambushed and shot multiple times by unidentified gunmen. He was rushed to the Ngleshie Amanfro Polyclinic but later died while receiving treatment.
Eyewitness Ruben Kumor, described Desmond as a well-known figure in the community and recounted his final interaction with him.
“Desmond is known to all of us at the junction. Almost everyone relies on him for his services. Just after he had closed for the day, I met him and asked to withdraw GHC150, but he told me he was short on cash,” Kumor said.
“While returning to my office to get money, I heard a gunshot. A woman nearby tried to rush to the scene, but children stopped her. Moments later, someone came to tell me Desmond was the one shot.”
Kumor also expressed deep concern about the rising insecurity in the area.
“There’s a police station nearby, but we hardly see patrols at night. Even if they could assign community police—the ‘baby police’ as we call them—to patrol, it would help. Desmond was attacked just after closing his shop. This shouldn’t happen.”
The victim’s sister, Erica Adzah, suspects that Desmond may have been trailed by people known to him.
“This shooting incident is not random. From what we’re hearing, he was followed and possibly targeted by people he knew. Some even believe the suspects were his friends. After shooting him, they took his bag. But because he had seen their faces, they killed him,” she said.
She added that Desmond tried to seek help at their family house, but gunfire kept relatives from stepping outside.
“This needs serious investigation. Motorcycle crimes are becoming too common. It’s time the government takes this seriously and acts to protect innocent people,” she pleaded.
The family and residents are calling for swift police action to investigate the killing and improve security in the area to prevent further tragedies.
Source: CitifmOnline