Jallo Djani a notorious armed robber who is alleged to have shot and killed a police officer coporal Frank Essel on the 19th May, 2016 at open space guest house at Denkyembourso in the Ashanti has been arrested from his hide out at Akatsi in the Volta region.
He was arrested by the volta regional police command after he was declared wanted by the Ashanti regional police command for his involvement in some robberies which have claimed some lifes in the region over the past 2 months.
Addressing the press, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan kofi Boakye explained that Jallo who also confessed to the shooting of an Assembly man at Manso Abore on the 8th August,2016 and took away an amount of 18,000gh and an unspecified quantity of gold mentioned Jallo Senior as his long time master.
Meanwhile, Jallo jnr had told the police that his boss has about Nine Ak47 riffles which he hires out to robbers, confirming the intelligence that the police had earlier, COP Kofi Boakye added.
Kwaku Yeboah alias Kwaku Gao and Micheal Agyemang who were arrested at Ejisu with two AK 47 rifles also confirmed Jallo and his group as the faces behind robberies in the Ashanti Region including the Bokankye Highway robbery and robbery attacks on small scale mining site at Dollar Power near Bole in the Ashanti Region.
However, in an attempt to arrest their accomplices and also retrieve other weapons, the police came under attack from unknown persons resulting in the death of two other suspects, he added.
COP Nathan Kofi Boakye noted that the police will continue to crack down the activities of armed robbers in the region.
He urged members of the public to assist the police with information to enable them arrest other hard core criminals like Jande Abdullai Bayaro of Akate near Afraim Plians,Abudu Bolaro of techiman in the Brong Ahafo region Fuseini of Ashaiman in Accra, Ibrahim Saliu Alhaji at yeji, Daillo jallo alias area, Emmanuel Adusei alias Alonso, Tomatoma and dismissed police officer Muntalla Nyatey who are still at large.
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