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Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West constituency, George Andah has called on the Ghana Police Service to clamp down on the armed robbers who shot an ambulance driver in the Eastern Region.

The driver named Abraham Tetteh worked with the National Ambulance Service.

He was reportedly shot by armed robbers resulting in his untimely death at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on Saturday, February 6, 2021.

He was transferring a woman who was in labour and her relative from the Akuse Government Hospital to the Koforidua Regional Hospital when the unfortunate incident occurred.

The armed robbers extorted monies from the ambulance staff when they reached Asesseso in the Eastern Region.

“So the whole of yesterday, the CEO, myself, and other personnel were with him and the family at the ICU at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. My deputy and I were the last to leave the hospital. As of the time, we were leaving, the doctors discussed with us about recovery, and we are expecting much improvement, but that wasn’t meant to be. This morning, the first person to get there was an officer who called me and confirmed to me that our colleague had passed on to glory,” Eastern Regional Administrative Manager for the National Ambulance Service, Michael Gaani confirmed.

The pregnant woman survived the attack and has given birth.

Touching on this tragedy, George Andah urged the Police to launch thorough investigations and search for the armed robbers and ensure they face the full rigors of the law.

"I pray the law or the Police will be able to apprehend these people involved in this heinous act. The law must deal with them," he said on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo".