By Ewoenam Kpodo
Aflao (VR), April 29, GNA – A 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor has died from gunshot wounds he sustained from a robbery attack on his shop at Aflao Diamond Cement area near Onyxma Fuel Station.
The late Christopher Ahordor’s shop was allegedly attacked in the evening of Monday, April 28, 2025, by a gang of five males, one of whom was in a mask and wielding a gun.
They robbed the victim of his sales for the day.
Information Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered suggested that one of the suspects shot the victim on the rib while they struggled with him over the sales bag, bolting into a bush with the booty.
The victim, bleeding profusely from the wounds, was rushed to the Ketu South Municipal Hospital, Aflao, for medical attention where he was pronounced dead.
The body has since been deposited at the hospital morgue for preservation, pending autopsy.
A police source who confirmed the incident to GNA said the Police at Aflao District Command were at about 1830hours that Monday, alerted of the incident and upon receipt of the information, proceeded to the scene.
They recovered three spent BB cartridges, and further extended the search to the bushy area where the suspects allegedly fled to, chancing on a backpack containing, one Itel Android and one Itel keypad mobile phones (both without a SIM card), in addition to an android phone charger, one Galaxy Note 8 phone cover, a charger, one MP3 player and personal effects including a pair of rubber sport slippers.
The case is currently under investigation, with the police inviting credible informants to assist in bringing the suspects to book.
Meanwhile, Mr. Saviour Mawuena Kofi Ahiati, Volta Regional Chairman, Mobile Money Advocacy Group Ghana, in an interview described the incident as unfortunate and called for police visibility in Aflao and neighbouring areas to ensure the safety of MoMo operators.
He also called on the MoMo agents to close their shops by 1700-1730hours to mitigate the risks, saying per the information he had, the deceased who always closed early, sadly met his death on the day he closed a bit later than his usual closing time.
There had been some reports of increasing attacks on MoMo vendors across the country with recent ones (January-February, 2025) being the robbery and murder of a vendor at Krofom, Ashanti Region, a fatal shooting at Nkrankwanta, Bono Region, robbery attack on a vendor at Kasoa, Central Region and another at Spintex, Greater Accra Region, with Aflao, Volta Region being the latest.
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