Four members of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) have been arrested by the police for allegedly conspiring to rob the 2016 presidential nominee of the party, Akua Donkor.

The four suspects are the Central Regional Chairman of GFP, Yakubu Yussif; a known notorious gang leader, Abdul Razak Shaibu; Barnabas Kayase and Opoku Agyeman.

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The Odorkor Divisional Police Commander, ACP Francis Aboagye Nyarko said Abdul Razak Shaibu on December 30, 2016, led Barnabas Kayase and Opoku Agyeman to Sowutuom where they robbed Akua Donkor.

The robbers “succeeded in taking her [Akua Donkor’s] bag and an unspecified about of dollars and Ghanaian currency. The bag contained a passport, a plane ticket, and an EC card,” he said in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM.

Even though Yusif and Opoku Agyeman were not at the robbery scene ACP Nyarko said, “we believed that the driver, the Central Regional Chairman and one Opoku Agyeman, conspired with the guys to do that because they knew the woman was travelling to the United States at that particular time.”

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“Immediately after the act, the three were picked up and are currently in custody and intelligence led us to pick up Razak, the leader of the team that robbed her and he led us to where the bag was kept. We’ve been able to retrieve the bag but the money, the passport and those cards were not in the bag,” ACP Nyarko said.

ACP Francis Aboagye Nyarko the suspects will be arraigned immediately the investigation into the matter is completed.