Taxi drivers operating in Koforidua the Eastern Regional Capital are gripped with fear following the murder of another taxi driver at Korle – Nkwanta a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality.
The Taxi driver identified as Joshua Amevegbe alias Joe B believed to be 25 years was a resident of Ada -Magazine in Koforidua.
He was murdered Friday night but his lifeless body was only found dead on plantain farm morning of Saturday, March 6, 2021, the same spot where another taxi driver was found dead a month ago.
The assailants absconded with the brand new taxi cab with registration number ER 1208-21 which the deceased was driving.
His body has been deposited at St. Joseph Hospital morgue by Police for preservation.
On Sunday, the family went to the Regional CID to officially report the incident to the Police for investigation.
Brother of the deceased driver Eric Ahiavor narrated to Mybrytfmonline.com that “Joshua Amevegbe went to work on Friday but didn’t return so we thought maybe someone hired him to transport him to the long-distance community so will return next day. But on the next day he didn’t return so the parents went to report the incident at the Police station where they were told that there was a reported case of murder at Korle – Nkwanta so the body has been deposited at St. Joseph Hospital. They showed the picture of the deceased which was our brother.”
No arrest has been made so far.
On January 27, 2021, a taxi driver was found dead at the same spot near Korle – Nkwanta Anglican Basic School.
The taxi driver was found dead tied in a rope in a plantain farm near the Anglican Basic School compound
No arrest has also been made.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
