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General News of Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-07-16
The tanker after he was burned
An Accra circuit court has remanded an oil tanker driver and his companion who allegedly burned a diesel tanker in a bush near Osino, in the eastern region, after emptied and sold its contents of 54,000 liters of diesel.
The court, chaired by Afia Agbanu, detained the suspects, Awudu Yakubu, 34, and his companion, Isaac Boadi, 19, in their first court appearance.
They must appear in court on July 17, 2019.
Search
Meanwhile, the police have intensified their search for the third accomplice, Fataw Mohammed, who is reported to be on the run.
Mohammed would be at the origin of all the operation and would have even looked for buyers for diesel.
According to police chief Ebenezer Nketiah, head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service (CID), new investigations have resulted in the arrest of two diesel engine customers , Kofi Dzisah and Nana Yaw.
Two other accomplices, Evans Pablo and another whose name was given only under the name of Daisah, however, would be on the run.
Superintendent Nketiah said that up to now, 27,000 liters of diesel had been recovered, while investigations were underway to stop other customers and recover the remaining 27,000 liters.
Recall
In its edition of Saturday, July 6, 2019, the Daily Graphic told the story of the tanker driver and his mate who had been arrested by police for allegedly burning an oil tanker in a bush near Osino, in the eastern region, after being emptied sold its diesel load of 54,000 liters.
The oil tanker, with a value of 280 260 GH ¢ of diesel fuel from Fuel Trade in Tema, was heading towards Yendi in the northern region, but was diverted and its contents sold to Tema, after which the suspects drove the empty tanker in Osino, where it is in flames.
facts
The police announced at a time last year that the owner of the DAF CF 460 truck, registered GS 264 14, had entrusted the vehicle to Yakubu and that he had also engaged Boadi as his companion.
On June 24, 2019, the truck was loaded with 54,000 liters of diesel, worth 280,260 GH ¢, at Fuel Trade in Tema for delivery to a Yendi customer.
They left Tema at night and met the owner at Community junction 18 of the Accra-Tema highway, where he paid them 2,400 GH ¢ as a daily allowance.
But instead of going to Yendi, they returned to Tema where they sold the contents of the truck before going to Osino to set it on fire.
They then called the owner of the tanker to report that they were involved in an accident that had caused the vehicle to burst.
The checks later revealed that the tanker had been emptied before the fire. In addition, the driver was far from the scene, while the second was sitting near the tanker.
The owner of the truck then took Osino's journeyman to Accra, where he lodged a complaint with the CID headquarters and handed it over to the police for further investigation.
Police investigations led to the arrest of Yakubu in his hideout in Kumasi. When he was taken to Accra, he confessed to the crime and mentioned Mohammed as being the brains of the arson.
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