RESIDENTS, particularly traders who commute between Garu in the Upper East Region and Nakpanduri in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern Region on a daily basis to transact business, still live in fear of the nefarious activities of a gang of armed robbers, led by one Johnson Soloma Kombien.
Kombien, described as a notorious jail-breaker, has been on the police wanted list for some years now.
According to the District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdulai Mumuni, who made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic at Bunkpurugu, robbery, particularly the stealing of motorbikes, was rampant.
He explained that although a highway patrol team had been constituted to check the nefarious activities of the gang, they usually escaped before the team got to the scene of robbery.
ASP Mumuni attributed the situation to the inability of residents to volunteer information, for fear that they might be victimised by the armed robbers, particularly Kombien.
The commander further intimated that the “poor nature of roads, coupled with inadequate logistics, make it difficult for us to clamp down on the activities of armed robbers”.
He said investigations show that Kombien had been recruiting the youth in the area for robbery.
ASP Mumuni said the police would soon embark on an exercise to check and impound unregistered motorbikes in the district, as a strategy to end the stealing of motorbikes.
The Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Mr San Nasamu Asabigi, who is also acting as the District Chief Executive for Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo, expressed concern about the spate of armed robberies in the area and urged the District Security Committee to map out effective strategies to check such criminal activities in the area.
“I have also directed the district assembly to assist the police to ensure effective security in the area” he stressed.
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