Retail company, Koala Shopping Mall,
has promised to reward a taxi driver for his bravery after he rammed his taxi
into two suspected armed robbers on a motorbike leading to their arrest.
Administrative manager Belinda Bekoe
announced on Joy FM's Super Morning Show Monday, the taxi driver whose name has
been withheld will be getting a brand new taxi from the company.
It is “for being a national hero and
a special hero with the Koala family,” Belinda said.
Police arrested
Two suspected robbers, Abaliku
Sannie, 35, and Oko Quaicoo, 30, shot an Administrative assistant who had left
the Cantonment branch of Koala.
The taxi driver who witnessed the
incident drove his taxi stopped the fleeing shooters by ramming his taxi into
the motorbike they were using to escape. He also prevailed upon an angry group
not to lynch the suspects.
Speaking about his heroic act of
bravery, the taxi driver deflected praise to God.
“Everybody is praising me but it is
not me, it is by God. The heart needed to do this was given by God.”
He explained the taxi does not
belong to him. It is a ‘work and pay’ arrangement which requires that he makes
daily sales to the owner for some years before he can eventually own the
vehicle.
The engine area of the taxi is badly
damaged, he said.
Koala says it is impressed with his
act of bravery and selflessness and will present him with a new vehicle.
Source: Myjoyonline
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