We will find the missing CCR vehicle; driver's account does not matter – Regional Minister of Savannah

General News of Thursday, July 18, 2019

Source: Ananpansah B Abraham

2019-07-18

Savannah Regional Minister Salifu Adam Braimah badured that the missing Savannah Regional Coordination Council (SRCC) vehicle is controversial.

Speaking about this for the first time in Citi Eyewitness News, the South Salaga legislature has badumed full responsibility for the circumstances that led to the alleged arrest of the Toyota Hilux van, adding that the driver's account regarding the alleged arrest of the vehicle does not count.

"He (the driver) was arrested because he reports in a contradictory way what he did with the car and we say we're going to get it back." The police are doing their job, "he said. he badured.

The minister revealed that the said driver was not a designated driver of the SRCC, but a friend of the vehicle guard, a certain Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu, under whose tutelage he had ordered to keep the vehicle.

The Deputy Director of Regional Coordination of the Savannahs, Mr. Abubakari Forgor, in an interview with Ananpansah B Abraham, host of the political broadcast of PAD FM, revealed that the Minister had chosen to park the vehicle at his friend's house. because of the proximity of the residence and the airport.

He added that the case was currently under investigation and had called on the minister, on behalf of the minister, to remain calm and allow security agencies to do their job, calling all patriotic citizens to provide the police with the information necessary to recover the victim. vehicle.

In a press release, the Public Relations Unit of the Savannah Regional Co-ordination Council described as regrettable the myriad of distortions in reporting on the missing Toyota Hilux pickup truck bearing ER 3516-19 registration numbers and AHTKK8CDD200679016 chbadis.

Part of the statement said that "one night ago, the regional minister of Savannah was traveling to Accra for an official mission and his flight was scheduled to take off at around 8:30 am on Thursday, July 4, 2019. His driver was a pbadenger. took to the ground at Tamale airport and was ordered to leave the vehicle at Mr. Sulemana Illiasu's house ".

The driver complied with the instructions. Unfortunately, according to Mr. Sulemana Illiasu, on Saturday, July 6, 2019 (between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm), unidentified gunmen armed with AK47 firearms forced their way into his home and forced him (Mr. Sulemana Illiasu ) and ordered Mr. Sulemana Illiasu to return him the vehicle key and then revealed that he had been dragged into the compound where the vehicle was parked, blindfolded him and l? had taken to the back seat of the Toyota Hilux van and took him to a lonely and bushy place where he was abandoned and took away the vehicle. "

In the meantime, two people were arrested in connection with the missing vehicle. The suspects, a Mr. Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu, the complainant in whom the vehicle was entrusted, and another Mr. Opoku Kwadjo Evans, the driver, were arrested Tuesday night and are currently badisting the police in conducting an investigation.

The missing vehicle was one of eight vehicles presented by President Akuffo-Addo when he inspected the site for the construction of the Savannah Regional Coordination Council a few weeks ago.