A man dressed in Police uniform in the company of two plain-clothes men has allegedly hijacked and stolen a tanker vehicle fully loaded with fuel in the Eastern Region.
The driver, Isaac Abban, in charge of a tanker vehicle with registration number GT-8109- 19 fully loaded with 54,000 litres of petrol was from Accra heading towards Kumasi.
Mr. Abban said the suspect in police uniform stopped him at about 9:00 pm Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Okanta stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway.
However, because he was descending he could not stop abruptly.
He said the alleged police officer and the two other men pursued the vehicle with a taxi and arrested the driver and the mate on the road.
The supposed officer and his accomplices according to the driver forcibly took away the key of the vehicle and sent them to a house on the road under guard instead of the Amasaman Police Station, which they initially assured.
Mr. Abban said their mobile phones were also seized and taken away.
“The police officer, however, left two plain-clothes men behind the tanker vehicle under the guise of protecting it,” the driver said.
The driver and mate were stranded and have made a report at Teacher Mante Police Unit.
Meanwhile, the Ayensuano District Police Commander arrived at the scene to support investigation into the incident.
