Thieves kill taxi driver to death, taken with his car in Teshie

A 30-year-old taxi driver, Kwame Osei Banahene, was shot dead by thieves at the Teshie Greda Estate in Accra.

His registered 2021 Toyota Vitz car was also stolen in the process.

Speaking in an interview with an Accra-based Citi News newspaper, Teshie District Police Commander DSP Ransford Nsiah confirmed that the body of the deceased was found in a pool of blood with gunshot wounds in the head.

“We saw him lying in a pool of blood. As we were trying to organize to transport the body to the morgue, a man who claimed to be the owner of the taxi car the victim was using came to tell us that he knew the victim and gave him the name. car to run on a work and pay basis, ”he said.

He added that the man “proceeded to give us the number, type and color of the car.”

The Teshie District Police Commander is calling on the public to assist the police in their investigations by providing information on thieves.

“We have information that the perpetrators removed the license plate from the car and engraved another number, but we do not have the actual number to confirm this now,” he added.