Details emerge of how wife of GNPC boss’ driver was killed by gunmen

Details of how the wife of the driver of the Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) was killed on Sunday night have emerged.

The personal driver the GNPC boss GNPC on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, recounted the bizarre circumstances leading to the killing of his wife by unknown assailants on the night of Sunday, June 13, 2021.

His wife, Benedicta Abena Pokua, died of gunshot wounds at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, a few hours after the assailants opened fire on her.

According to reports, she was in convoy with her husband at a spot close to the Airport Roundabout in Kumasi when the incident happened.

Joy News has reported that the couple had survived a similar incident on the same night.

The late Benedicta Pokua’s husband, Nana Agyemang Prempeh, told Kumasi-based Akoma FM that the assailants crisscrossed his wife’s vehicle before shooting her.

“He said he assailants first crossed his wife’s vehicle at a spot close to the Airport Roundabout before the shooting incident. According to him, he had earlier called the police to an accident scene at a location he wouldn’t disclose after a driver rammed a vehicle into the passenger side of his vehicle only for his wife to be shot dead,” according to a report by Joy News.

According to the report, Nana Agyeman said they had been travelling together in separate vehicles when the incident occurred.

“My vehicle was first to be attacked. The incident occurred at about 11:49 P.M. My wife was in her car and I was also in mine. Upon reaching Airport Roundabout, I saw this car driving recklessly, crisscrossing my wife’s vehicle,” he recounted.

“All of a sudden, I saw another vehicle hit the passenger side of my vehicle. Whilst I remained in the car, I quickly called the police. They responded swiftly and came to the scene within a spate of four minutes.

“After talking for a while, some people around pleaded for leniency for the guys because they appeared drunk. Few minutes after the police had left with the suspects, we drove off”, he recounted events preceding the shooting incident involving his wife.

Personnel from the Regional Anti-Armed Robbery Taskforce moved to the scene after receiving distress calls about the incident.

It is not clear if the assailants picked anything from the deceased’s Range Rover vehicle.

Police are yet to make any comment on the incident.