A mobile money (MoMo) operator was shot on Monday, February 12 at Walewale in the North East Region. The operator has been formally pronounced dead.
Following his transfer to Tamale Teaching Hospital and later to Walewale Government Hospital, Rabiu, the victim, was buried in Islamic custom.
The attack occurred at a busy bus station near the Nalerigu junction along the Tamale Bolga Road in the middle of the Walewale township. Eight additional people were injured in the vicinity.
Witnesses stated that the young operator was attacked by the three or so gunmen who had arrived on motorbikes, fired warning shots on occasion, and then opened fire.
In an interview with Citi News, Dr. Jabir Alhassan, a specialist general surgeon at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) who has been handling the Walewale cases, disclosed the condition of the victims who are presently being admitted.
Four patients were reportedly attacked by armed robbers on Monday night when they were referred from the Walewale Hospital. After being brought in, two of them were critically ill. Three men and a six-year-old girl were present.
One of the men was reportedly a momo vendor, and his condition was critical. He sustained numerous gunshot and stabbing wounds, particularly to the abdomen. That same day, we operated on him and performed resuscitation. Regretfully, he died soon after the operation,” he described.
The North East regional minister, Yidana Zakaria, disclosed that the Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, had promised to bolster security in the northeast to prevent such incidents from happening again when she paid the victims a visit at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
“The dynamic IGP promised to send more police officers to the area to increase security as soon as they saw my message at the top. Today is the scheduled day for the Regional Security Council meeting.
