Drivers at the
Kumasi-Bawku bus terminal have suspended their services in protest of a dawn
attack on one of their buses at Walewale in the North East Region.
The drivers say
the attack is the latest in a series of incidents that have threatened their
livelihood and made them scared of transporting passengers to Bawku and other
parts of the North.
The Ghana Police
Service has launched a manhunt for the persons who shot into the bus and set it
ablaze. One person was killed and several others were injured in the attack.
The incident has
caused panic among the drivers at the Suame bus terminal, who say they are now
being targeted by people who want to prevent them from travelling to Bawku and
other areas of the North.
One of the
Chairmen at the bus terminal, Anasara George Akolgo says the incident has left
drivers devastated.
“All of us were
very shocked by what happened in Walewale because we had loaded the bus
yesterday evening bound for Bawku, and it was attacked in Walewale and the
people even followed the bus to the police station and burnt it, and we don’t
understand why anytime there is a problem in Bawku, then the Walewale people
begin to misbehave with us.”
“We have
suspended services to Bawku, and we want the government and the IGP to step in
and solve it amicably because what is happening is intimidation to us because
most of the drivers are panicking.”
He also alleged
that some people are now going from one station to the other tracking
travellers to Bawku and attacking them during the journey.
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