{"id":34991,"date":"2021-07-22T07:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/?p=34991"},"modified":"2021-07-22T07:27:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:27:17","slug":"armed-robbers-shoot-nurse-in-the-face-in-bolgatanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/armed-robbers-shoot-nurse-in-the-face-in-bolgatanga\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbers shoot nurse in the face in Bolgatanga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A nurse with the Bawku West District Hospital has been shot dead by armed robbers on the Bawku-Bolgatanga road in the Upper East Region Region.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by the Upper East Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, ASP David Fianko-Okyere.<\/p>\n

The nurse, who doubles as a musician, Ishmael Pumi Bashiru, also known as Prince Pumi, is said to have been attacked by the armed robbers at the Tilli stretch of the Bolgatanga-Bawku road.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that he was driving to Bolgatanga for the Sallah festivities when he met his untimely death.<\/p>\n

He is said to have driven into an attack on other road users but tried to escape, a move that infuriated the armed robbers who shot him.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old was shot in the face severally and had to be rushed to the Bawku West Hospital but was later transferred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where he passed on.<\/p>\n

The news has left several individuals who enjoyed his music and affable personality dumbfounded as they have taken to social media to mourn.<\/p>\n\n