Savannah Region: Armed Thieves & Snatch & # 39; Prez Akufo Addo's Pick-up | Social

One of the new vehicles that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo recently handed over to the new Savannah area was allegedly stolen by armed robbers.

The police therefore opened investigations to locate the missing 4×4 pickup truck owned by the Savannah Regional Coordination Council (SRCC).

Armed thieves allegedly stole it under the threat of a firearm.

According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DSP), Mr. Mohammed Yusif Tanko, Police Public Relations Officer for the Northern Region, the vehicle was parked in the residence of a certain Alhaji Illiasu in Tamale.

Alhaji Illiasi is a friend of Savannah Regional Minister Salifu Adam Braimahand. So the minister went to park the vehicle at his place [Minister] traveled out of town for a meeting.

According to Alhaji Illiasu in his complaint to the police, the traveling minister left the vehicle in his custody, which he parked at his home.

DSP Tanko said that he [Alhaji Illiasu] was at home around 9 am on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, when armed robbers attacked him under the threat of a gun and asked him for the vehicle keys.

He stated that he had handed the keys to the thieves. They caught him in the vehicle and left about twenty kilometers from his home, dropped him and fled with the vehicle.

When Graphic Online contacted the Savannah Regional Minister, Mr. Salifu Adam Braimah, he stated that the case concerned the police and declined to comment, except to say that the police were investigating.