One person has been shot and killed by armed robbers at Tilly forest.

A 27 year old from Kotintabig in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region yesterday met his umtimely death following a robbery incident around the Tilly Forest. 

The deceased, Boaluu Bugbire sustained various gunshot wounds on the body including the chest and stomach forcing his intestines to gush out. 

Information gathered by Radio Ghana from an eye witness, Elias Yen indicated that the robbers were four in number with one wielding an AK 47 assault raffle. 

According to him, the late Bugbire, who was in possession of a hunter’s gun was among other two friends roaming in the said forest in search of their stray donkeys. 

During the searching spree, they sighted the four suspected robbers enjoying mango fruits under a mango tree, a booty they had made from robbing a vehicle on the main Bawku trunk road in the early hours of the day. 

Out of curiosity, Bugbire drew closer to find out who they were. Sensing danger, one of the robbers opened fire on him killing him at the spot. 

The four armed robbers on two motor bikes had earlier robbed a mini urban bus en route from Bolgatanga to Bawku with registration number UE 219 Q. The robbers who came out between Nangodi and the Tilly forest opened fire on the said vehicle in an effort to rob passengers of their personal belongings. 

The driver, name withheld managed to park the vehicle on the side of the road and fled through the forest to make an official report to officers manning the Nangodi Police station. 

Passengers on board were subsequently ordered to lie down and before the police arrived at the crime scene, they had made away with the belongings of the passengers and fled into the forest. 

No passenger on board the vehicle was hurt during the robbing process.  At the time of this report, the Police had declined to give any further information with the explanation that investigation were ongoing. According the Police, no arrest had so far been made. 

However, the deceased which was sent to the Bolgatanga Regional hospital by the Police for autopsy had since been buried.