Mr John Rex A. Gadgekpo, Director of the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), has expressed serious concern about a recent armed robbery attack on students of the institute and other road users along the road linking the GIL’ new campus at Legon and the main Legon –Atomic Junction Road. This followed an armed attack of two students of the GIL on April 28, this year by a man. He attempted to rob them around the precincts of the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC), during which one of the students got shot and seriously wounded in the thigh while the other was hit in the ear. Mr Gadgekpo, who spoke to the GNA, expressed worry about the seeming police inaction on the case since it was reported some two weeks after it had occurred. He has appealed to the police to deal promptly with such cases of robbery and attacks on persons around the area where thousands of students frequent on a daily basis. Mr Jean-Phillipe N.M. Essone, 23, a Gabonese, and Mr Jean de Dieu Demanya, 26, an Ivorian–born Ghanaian, both Level 200 students of the School of Translators of the GIL, were attacked around 1700 hours while returning home after classes. Speaking to the GNA during the weekend, Mr Essone, who still has more than 17 pellets embedded in his right thigh as captured in an X-ray film, said he and his colleague were walking towards Atomic Junction to board a vehicle home when a man, who was sitting with a security man at the main gate of PRESEC, suddenly got up and started walking abreast with them. He said the man rudely asked him to hand over his bag but he refused. “I thought it was a joke but subsequent events proved otherwise as he tried to snatch my bag and I realized he meant business so I began to struggle with him," Mr Essone narrated. At that point Essone’s colleague, Mr Demanya, tried to help fight off the robber while at the same time calling out for help from people around the area. Mr Essone stated that when the robber realized he was being overpowered he suddenly pulled out a gun, compelling the two to flee but they were shot at by the robber who then disappeared into a nearby bush. He said he realized he had been shot in the thigh and was bleeding, so he went to the Alpha Medical Centre together with his colleague, and they were referred to the 37 Military Hospital and admitted for four days before being discharged. Mr Demanya, who had spoken earlier to the GNA about the incident, was slightly wounded on the lobe of his ear but attends classes whilst Mr Essone, who still walks with difficulty, is recovering from his wounds. Headmaster of PRESEC, Mr Kwame Anane, confirmed the incident when contacted and said the school authorities had decided to build a fence wall around the school to ward off intruders and thieves. Asked if the police had acted on cases reported, Mr Anane said his duty was to report any such cases to the police whenever they occurred but maintained it was up to the police to arrest and prosecute offenders. Superintendent Frank W. Anning, Legon District Police Commander, told the GNA that the case involving the GIL students had just been brought to his notice and he assured that immediate action would be taken. He said he had sent patrol teams to the area and they have so far managed to arrest only one person who was still in their custody. The Superintendent noted that though his outfit was well equipped to deal with the situation, his men were overstretched due to the size of the area and the number of requests made by financial institutions and important personalities in the area for security guard duties. He however gave the assurance that his outfit was strategizing to deal firmly with the situation and rid the area of robbers and bandits. Source: GNA