The bold taxi driver receiving his new car from Koala
The bandits shot and wounded a sales girl of Koala Supermarket at Cantonments in Accra, but their operation was foiled by the driver who chanced on the scene.
The two gun-wielding robbers could not appear in court on Wednesday because they are still nursing their wounds sustained during the operation. Three other suspects will reappear in court on January 27 and have been remanded in Police custody.
The Management of Koala has redeemed its promise of buying him a new car while he is also expected to receive a house from President John Mahama.
The MP for Ablekuma South has a reservation about the compensation, although he feels the driver deserves some kind of recognition.
“I join in congratulating the daring driver but believe there is an element of overkill with regards to his compensation,” the former Information Minister said in a Facebook post.
Below is his full post on the subject:
“The second event which also caught the headlines, was the "case of the heroic taxi driver". The media is all agog with the taxi driver who foiled an armed robbery by using his vehicle as a battering ram to push the miscreants off their motorbike as they tried to escape the crime scene. Plaudits to the taxi driver came from far and near, former President Rawlings, Vice President Amissah Arthur and Koala, the company whose employee was attacked all got in on the act in lauding the newly minted hero. I read in the papers that he has been rewarded with a new car from the aforementioned company. Our President has also promised him a house. Great largesse eh! Some amateur comedians in our midst are warning of a possible avalanche of crime fighting by taxi drivers in the hope of reaping such rewards. I join in congratulating the daring driver but believe there is an element of overkill with regards to his compensation.”
Source: Ghana/starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
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