The Bole – Bamboi road has become a hub for notorious armed robbers who harass, rob and torment road users who ply the road.
Commuters say they go through psychological, physical and emotional trauma any time they ply the road from Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region to Bole-Bamboi, the hometown of the President of the republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama.
Drivers and Passengers who ply the road on daily and weekly bases told rawgist.com that armed robbers operate in broad day light every week making traveling on the said road very scary.
Kwaku Atta Osei, a Commercial driver alleged that most of the culprits who engage in the act are foreigners from neighboring countries such as Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo etc who had come to engage in Galamsey (illegal mining) businesses around the area.
Aunte Mallick, a business woman who had to go to Bole from Techiman every week says the Police in the area are not helping matters at all.
The woman says areas like Tinga, Kui Ayoryah have bad roads therefore something must be done about it.
She says the road network is very bad and the unavailability of police check points also contributes immensely to the situation.
Chief Inspector Anane Aboatia who is the In-Charge of the Bole Police Station says the Police are doing their very best to bring the situation under control.
He says they have patrol teams monitoring events in the area so it is quite strange for commuters to blame the police for what is happening.
Inspector Anane Aboatia blamed residents and commuters for not cooperating with the police department.
The peace Officer said there have been about six robberies recently and he called on the citizenry to be of help to the police in making sure the situation is normalized.
