The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons who robbed a filling station and murdered a security guard on duty on Saturday, January 28, at Wassa Agona in the Western Region.

The suspects are Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway, Samuel Chibuzor and Kinglsy Okechuku alias Kofi Kingsly.

According to the police report, the suspects who raided the station also subjected the fuel attendants to severe beatings.

They also made away with an unspecified amount of money together with the filling station’s CCTV Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and mobile phones belonging to the victims.

“Upon receiving information concerning the robbery attack, Police patrol teams within the catchment area mobilized and proceeded to the scene and in the course of the operation arrested suspect Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway and Samuel Chibuzor who were fleeing the robbery scene on a motorbike,” parts of the statement read.

The police then conducted a search on the arrested suspects. This led them to recover a black hood, a handbag containing two mobile phones and an amount of GH₵20,722.00.

“The Police team further pursued the fourth suspect, Kingsly Okechuku to a hotel near Bogoso where an amount of GH₵ 44,852.00, suspected to be part of their booty, was retrieved from him,” they added.

Meanwhile, other items recovered from the suspects include the DVR components of the CCTV setup stolen by the suspects together with two pinch bars and a Ghana Card belonging to one of the victims.

Also, the police indicated that all four suspects, are currently in their custody and will subsequently be put before the court to face justice.

They assured the public that they will continue to work tirelessly to keep the communities safe.