50 Cent and Lumba lying dead
Two suspected hardened armed robbers, who allegedly terrorized residents of Kumasi through their nefarious activities, have been shot dead in a fierce gun battle with the police.
The suspected gangsters are Emmanuel Nyamekye and Kwadwo Asare, who have been nicknamed 50 Cent and Lumba, two popular musicians.
Police have described the duo as trigger-happy hoodlums, who shot and killed some of their robbery victims without provocation.
Their deaths, according to the police, indicate that they (police) are winning the battle against crime in the Ashanti Region.
Yaw Gyimah and Isaac Ofosuhene, who belonged to the same robbery gang that had been caged led the police to arrest 50 Cent and Lumba around the Cement Mu Area at Asafo; but before the police could approach them, they opened fire.
At about 9:30 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 2016, four armed robbers, including 50 Cent and Lumba, reportedly shot one Nasiru Gulet in the palm and took away his GH¢35,000 in the victim’s house at Asokore Mampong, police said.
Addressing the media, ACP Ampofo Duku, deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, disclosed that the police realized that 50 Cent, Lumba, Yaw Gyimah alias Scorpion and Isaac Ofosuhene, attacked Nasiru.
Armed with this vital information, the police arrested Yaw Gyimah, who confessed to the crime and assisted in the arrest of Ofosuhene.
The two confessed that 50 Cent, Lumba and one Area – who is at large – were planning to rob Reese Hotel, near the Baba Yara Stadium.
Ofosuhene and Gyimah are in police custody, assisting in investigation, as efforts are being made to arrest Area.
From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi