A 32-year-old man has been shot dead in a fuel station robbery attack at Akyem Osiem

A 32-year-old man has been shot dead in a fuel station robbery attack at Akyem Osiem in Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region.

One person also sustained gunshot wounds.

The Akyem Tafo District Police Crime Officer ASP Fred Kpetigo confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday, April 5, 2021, at about 7:20 pm where four men armed with three pump action guns and a knife attacked Goodness Energy Filling station at Osiem.

He said, the armed men fired indiscriminately resulting in the death of one Nuhu Yashawu, 32, who was escaping from the scene.

The robbers absconded with an unquantified amount of money being the night sales of the fuel station.

The robbers also took away a Motorola phone belonging to the night security man Adamu Zakari, 30.

No arrest has been made yet but the Police has promised to do everything within their means to have the criminals arrested