The government says it has deployed armoured buses on major highways as part of a new security strategy aimed at reducing armed robbery attacks on travellers.
Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak said the buses are being operated under different transport brands as part of an intelligence-led effort to monitor movement patterns and track criminal activity along key transport corridors.
He made the disclosure during President John Dramani Mahama’s “Resetting Ghana” citizen engagement programme in the Savannah Region, where he said the initiative was already showing positive results.
“One of the major challenges that we used to have was the long stretch where armed robbers block people and take all their resources,” he said.
“Today, under the watch of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, we’ve acquired armoured buses, and these armoured buses have been doing a wonderful thing on most of our long stretch routes.”
Mubarak explained that the buses are periodically rebranded under different commercial identities as part of an operational tactic to support surveillance and enforcement efforts.
“Today we’ll brand them as STC, the next day we’ll brand them as VIP, another day we’ll brand them OA, just make sure that we get the perpetrators,” he said.
He added that the strategy is being supported by ongoing police operations and praised the Inspector General of Police and security agencies for increased arrests of highway criminals.
The government says the intervention is expected to significantly improve safety on major roads, which have long been affected by sporadic armed robbery incidents targeting passengers and transport operators.
