Executive Director of the Good Governance and Advocacy Group (GAGG), Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku, was involved in an armed robbery attack on Sunday, January 28, 2023.
The incident occurred at Astoria Hotel-Ahodwo near Atinga Junction in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
Mr Kusi-Poku is said to have been ambushed by a two-member robbery gang around 2:00 AM on the hotel premises. He had returned from attending the funeral of a close friend’s father in Nyinahini in the Antwima Mpounua District and had chosen to spend the night in Kumasi.
According to Listowell’s account to The Hawknewspaper, the robbers, armed with guns, ordered him out of his car, a Toyota Hilux with registration number GN 371-23 and demanded he surrender his car key, mobile phones, and personal belongings.
The robbery incident has been officially reported to the Adiembra Police Station, prompting a team of police personnel to visit the scene and initiate an investigation into the matter.