According to a report by Starrfm, on September 20, 2023, at 7:00 PM, a motorcycling gang ambushed a young woman and shot her legs repeatedly in the leg at Aprade Junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region.
Bystanders fled in all directions to find cover as a result of the tragedy. It’s unclear if the woman tried to fight off the gang that ambushed her at the peaceful intersection and robbed her of her possessions. Prince Agyapong, a cab driver who made a brave run to get the bleeding woman to the Living Waters Hospital, recalled how locals lived in constant fear of attacks from these motorbike bandits.
“The gang members do not look like persons who live in Aprade. They come riding these royal motorbikes looking all suspicious. I passed them when I was driving here, and my instinct told me they were going on an operation.
“A few moments afterwards, I heard sporadic shooting. I turned around and got closer to find this lady under attack. I am a quite brave young guy so as people were running away I went straight to the lady, lifted her and stopped a friend’s taxi to rush her to the hospital,” he narrated.
“My brother, if you see what they have done to the legs of this young lady who is wailing uncontrollably in the emergency ward, you will be driven to tears. It’s a pathetic sight,” a saddened Agyapong added.
Prince Agyapong, the taxi driver, expressed concern that all of their requests for the police to increase patrols in the area had been ignored.
“When this incident happened, police from Tech, Oduom, Ejisu, and all these areas have now woken up from their slumber to come and ask what happened. Why will they have to wait for people to die before they act? Imagine if I was told that my sister had been attacked and maimed by armed robbers like this,” Agyapong bemoaned.
As of 10:30 pm, the family of the victim, who indicated they lived far off in Bekwai, were yet to get to the hospital to offer assistance, leaving the taxi driver playing family to the young lady.
