Bono Regional Police investigate murder of private security guard during armed robbery at Abesim filling station

Sunyani, Oct. 8. The Bono Regional Police Command is probing the murder of a private security officer at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality, following an armed robbery at a local filling station.

The deceased, Akwasi Addai, believed to be in his 60s, was allegedly killed by armed robbers who attacked the Abesim Frimps Filling Station on Tuesday, October 6, 2025.

According to a statement signed by Chief Inspector Thomas Akeelah, Bono Regional Police Public Relations Officer, the body was found on a porch near a shop at the pump with visible head injuries.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the robbers stormed the filling station, broke into an office used for electricity power credit sales and mobile money transactions, and absconded with undisclosed sums of money. The attackers also ransacked the office of the pump manager and attempted to force open a safe.

A crime scene management team recovered an axe and a club stained with blood from the scene. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Sunyani Teaching Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

The police confirmed that efforts have been intensified to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice.