A mobile money (MoMo) operator who was shot on Monday, February 12, at Walewale in the North East Region has been confirmed dead.
The victim, identified as Rabiu, who was rushed to the Walewale Government Hospital and subsequently to Tamale Teaching Hospital, has since been buried according to Islamic customs.
The attack, which occurred at a busy bus station near the Nalerigu junction along the Tamale Bolga Road in the centre of the Walewale township, injured some eight others around the vicinity.
Eyewitness accounts show that the gunmen who numbered about three arrived on motorbikes and fired sporadic warning shots before targeting the young operator with gunshots
Dr. Jabir Alhassan, specialist general surgeon at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) who has been working on the Walewale cases, revealed to Ahotor News in an interview the state of the victims currently on admission.
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The North East regional minister, Yidana Zakaria, who visited the victims at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, disclosed that the Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, has promised to beef up security in the northeast region to prevent future occurrences.
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Story by: Osei Akoto(Teacher Kojo) #Ahotoronline.com
