A 25-year-old armed robber who, together with an accomplice, attempted to rob a man near Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra, is in the grips of the Legon Police.
Speaking to the GNA on Wednesday, the Legon District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police Matthew Teye Tetteh, said Mawuli Tamakloe was in police custody assisting in investigations, but his accomplice was on the run.
He said the robbers, who came from Maamobi in Accra, inflicted cutlass wounds on the arm of the victim, Mr Mohammed Amoadu, 37, and robbed him of his bag containing GH�8,000.
He said Mr Amoadu, an employee of the Nkawkaw branch of the Internal Revenue Service, was going to register for his examinations at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana, near the Trinity Theological Seminary junction, on November 1, when he was attacked by the two armed robbers riding an unregistered motorbike.
ASP Tetteh said the robbers targeted Mr Amoadu whose bag was slung on his shoulder.
They rode the motorbike towards the victim and tried to cut his head with a machete, but he used his left arm to shield his head, thereby sustaining deep cuts on the hand.
According to ASP Tetteh, Mr Amoadu summoned courage and kicked the pillion rider who was holding the machete.
The robbers fell down after which the pillion rider snatched the victim's bag containing the money.
ASP Tetteh said a Good Samaritan, who was watching the struggle between Mr Amoadu and the robbers, pushed them off the motorbike when they attempted to flee after snatching the bag.
The bag containing the money was retrieved from the robber in a struggle between the robbers and the victim.
Luck ran out on the robbers when the motorbike failed to start.
The Good Samaritan raised the alarm and observers helped to arrest Tamakloe but the second robber fled.
ASP Tetteh said efforts were underway to arrest the other robber.