A 27-year-old herdsman, Musa Yusif, was brutally attacked and severely injured by unknown men at his residence in Xevitoe, a community near Mafi-Aflavenu in the Central Tongu district.
The incident occurred on March 23 at 0005 hours while Yusif, his wife, and their two-year-old daughter were asleep.
According to Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Hogo, a cousin of the victim, Yusif was attacked by armed men, who also demanded the keys to his motorbike.
Narrating the incident, Mr. Hogo stated that Yusif was shot at and severely wounded with a machete, resulting in grave injuries to his head and right hand as the attackers made away with his Houjoue motorbike.
“When Yusif regained consciousness, he narrated the incident to me that they were asleep in the room when they heard a heavy knock on the door of their room and the person was with a gun and asked them to lie down and bring the keys to his motorbike.”
Mr Hogo said that “Yusif declined and the person shot his gun as a warning. Realising that the gun is a single bar, Yusif quickly held the gun and struggled with the gunman not knowing there were two other people behind him in the room, who came to severely and mercilessly slash the victim with a machete until he felt unconscious, and they bolted with the motorbike.”
Mr Hogo mentioned that after the incident, he received a call from his uncle, Mr Abdulai Hogo that some people had gone to the village to attack Yusif in his room and absconded with his Houjoue Motorbike.
He said the neighbors who attempted to intervene were deterred by gunfire from the perpetrators.
“I rushed Yusif to the Volta River Authority Hospital at 01:00 hours after I received the call. However, we were later transferred to the Ho Teaching Hospital for further treatment on the right-hand bone and head which were severely affected from the machete attack.”
According to Mr. Hogo, Yusif was undergoing medical treatment and was currently stable.
The Police have confirmed the incident and indicated that investigations were ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators. The Police urged residents to support the investigation and provide any relevant information.
The incident has sent shockwaves through the community as some disclosed that the same incident had occurred two years past in the area.
The residents have appealed for increased security measures to prevent such attacks in the future.
