Pastor walks with 30 pellets in leg

The pastor in charge of the Saltpond Methodist Church, Rev Bonnet Abaka-Wilson, received 30 pellets in his leg when armed robbers attacked his house. He was shot as he attempted to sneak out of the house during the attack to alert neighbours.

The pellets were revealed in an X’ray report from the Cape Coast Central hospital. Rev Abaka-Wilson told the ‘Times’ in an interview at Cape Coast on Wednesday, that the incident occurred at about 2.30 am.

He said that the thugs, armed with pistols, attacked him and his wife, Juliana, and their son William, a third-year student of the Saltpond Methodist High School. According to him, they used iron bars and knives from his house to beat them and took away their belongings and cash running into millions of cedis.

The robbers took away $880, which was to be used for a rural development project at Awutu Breku and ?5.5 million belonging to the Minister. They also took away three mobile phones, two VCRs, 10 pieces of wax print, 12 pairs of shoes, tow voltage stabilizers, jewelleries an the wedding rings belonging to the couple among others. An undetermined amount belonging to the wife was also stolen.

Rev. Abaka-Wilson said that two robbers attempted to pass through his window to attack him but failed in their action. But he said that when he opened a metal gate behind the house to alert his neighbours the other attacked and shot him in the leg resulting in his profuse bleeding.

He said the robbers after the attack, parked the items in a taxi, GR 7772, which was in his custody and sped off. Later, they abandoned and deflated the tyres of the taxi at a town near Yamoransa. A police source has confirmed the story and said that investigations continue.