Police on Sunday gunned down the leader of a gang of highway robbers who have been terrorising commuters on the highway between Yeji and Atebubu in the Bono East Region.
The police pumped bullets into the said leader, Mahamadu Gariba Kirror, aka Jallo, after his team members had killed a driver and robbing passengers off valuable items on that particular stretch of the highway.
Information available to The Chronicle, from a reliable source at the Police Headquarters, reveals that on Thursday January 29, 2026 at about 22:15hours, occupants of a mini van on the highway fell victim to the nefarious robbery activities of the bandits.
The driver of the van, with registration number AS 6444-14, was shot and killed while a woman sustained injuries.
On Saturday January 31, 2026 at about 10:30 hours, police intelligence led to the arrest of Gariba Kirror from his base.
A search conducted on him revealed the following exhibits: one (1) locally manufactured pistol, two (2) live BB cartridges, one (1) Samsung Galaxy AO7 mobile phone and a talisman.
Further enquiry established that the mobile phone belonged to Nafisa Owusu Haruna, the surviving victim of the shooting on the highway.
Upon interrogation, suspect Jallo reportedly admitted having taken part in the robbery, leading to the killing of the driver and injuring the woman.
He mentioned Umaru, Issifu, Furgur, Ibrahim, Shaibu and Yellow as his accomplices.
On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at about 19:45hours suspect Jallo led a team of detectives to a nearby bush, in the Atebubu Municipality, so as to apprehend his accomplices.
When the team was approaching the hideout of the bandits, the suspect advised police to use a footpath, which leads to the location.
However, Gariba Kirror, immediately took to his heels in an attempt to enter a forest to escape.
The escorting police personnel were, therefore, compelled to fire in order to incapacitate him.
Consequently, he sustained gunshot injuries and was pronounced dead at the Atebubu Government Hospital
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