67-year-old man killed, daughter nearly raped during robbery at Oyibi

A 67-year-old man has died after some armed men crushed his head with a concrete slab during an attack at his Oyibi residence in Accra.
The daughter of the deceased told Joy News the men repeatedly hit his father with the slab until blood oozed out of his head and was unable to stand on his feet.
He died hours after the robbery, she told Joy News’ Maxwell Agbagba Tuesday, adding she was stripped naked and was nearly raped by one of the robbers. But for the appeal by one of the robbers, she would have been raped, she added.
The tragic incident is one of the 24 robberies carried out by armed groups at Oyibi and surrounding communities since the start of this year.
Residents say they are living in constant fear because the police administration has done little to protect them against the robbers who are becoming more vicious by the day.
But Joy News’ police sources have revealed the nature of the roads in the communities has affected patrol activities there.
Recounting how her 67-year-old dad was killed, the lady whose identity has been kept, said her dad was trying to prevent goats from entering his compound when the armed robbers attacked.
‘They beat him until blood started oozing out from his head,’ she said. According to her, she could not bear the sight of her father go through that pain so she decided to go to his rescue.
She said she went outside and knelt before the men to spare the life of her father but the men continued to beat him and later ransacked their rooms in search of money.
The woman said they had withdrawn some money from the ATM on that fateful day, so she directed her other sibling to hand everything to the men.
But not satisfied with the amount, one of the robbers had other plans. She was instructed to remove her dress, an order she could not refuse. One of the robbers tried to rape her ‘but he was told to leave me alone,’ she said.
The shock of being attacked in the privacy of their home has left the family shaken and terrified so much that they cannot sleep in the night.
The deceased is yet to be buried.