It has emerged that at least two senior military officers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been detained by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for questioning alleged coup plot targeted at the presidency.
Lawyer for one of the three persons being held over the alleged plot, Victor Adawudu, revealed Tuesday that the two officers whose names he declined to give, were picked up Monday and had to spend the night in BNI cells in Accra.
“…It is unfortunate that with issues like this, that is nowhere near destabilising a nation, you take senior military officers, and put them behind bars. What are you doing?” he asked rhetorically on Joy FM Tuesday.
According to him, the detention of the two is likely to create “agitation among the senior military rank”.
“Some of them were just invited only yesterday that ‘we need you’. They go to their bosses, their bosses bring them, [and] then you come and say orders from above you have to be detained” Mr Adawudu claimed.
“These are not junior rank, not middle rank; senior officers have been brought and they slept at BNI. As at yesterday I know of two” he stated.
The legal practitioner explained the two officers have been picked up by the security operatives because of their relationship with his client, Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm.
Information Minister Kojo Oppon Nkrumah confirmed on the show that some military personnel have been picked up as part of an elaborate ongoing investigations into the purported coup plot in the country. A joint operation conducted on Friday, September 20 at Alajo and Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region led to the arrest of three persons and the retrieval of several arms.
The suspects have been identified as Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and accomplices Ezor Kafui, a local weapon manufacturer, and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu.
Government statement subsequent to the arrest claimed the operation was “to neutralize an elaborate plot targeted at the Presidency and with the ultimate aim of destabilizing the country”. The operation was the final move to foil the attempt after 15 months of surveillance and gathering of evidence, government claimed. According to government, the plot was to be almost carried out as Dr Mac-Palm, Mr Ezor and a soldier on Thursday went to a place close to Laboma Beach to test-fire some of the locally manufactured weapons.
Source: 3news.com
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Can you people stop the joke and fix the economy?...We need jobs & not faking coup d'etat in Ghana. We are tired of your misgovernment, Nana Addo!. Can't wait for election 2020!. The military has sufficient weapons which could easily be seized from your own bodyguards to overthrow you if military rule is what Ghana needs BUT we love democracy and 2020 elections is in the corner!. Stop deceiving yourself and create jobs for the youth!. Release those innocent soldiers and civilians who may be protecting their hospital with those few locally manufactured guns found in their premises. I also have 3 locally made guns in my home, for hunting. Is this also criminal?...Focus on governing properly and stop private takeover of government business etc, PDS scandals etc. Bring back Ghana Airways, Ghana Telecom, Ghana Blackstarline, Ghana Railway, Intercity bus,the Mines, increase capacities of TOR & GNPC to explore & refine petroleum for Ghana, let's develop a petrochemical manufacturing hub in Ghana. We can develop Ghana!. Stop the 419 misgovernment!. Don't let us fall so low as Nigeria has become!
When I want to learn how to pilot a plane without being interested in how to land it, then you must raise an eyebrow. Paying attention to the inconsequentials is the difference between good and great intelligence. For those of you who are crying storm in a teacup, go find out how many guns it took to start WW1
ATTENTION SEEKERS TOTALLY DIVERTING FROM ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, WICK COLLAPS OF JOBS, SACKING INNOCENT GHANAIANS AT WORK PLACES AND FIXING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND RELATIVES NANA ADDO AND THE NPP HAS POLUNG THIS COUNTRY INTO, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH FOR THREES SENDING GHANA BACKWARDS 10 TIMES. IT A SHAME THAT THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION HAS MISLEAD VERY FEW UNINTELLIGENT GHANAIANS WHO HAVE PIG BRIANS TO BELIVE KITCHEN KNIVE AND LOCAL SHOT GUNS CAN OVER THROW GOVERNMENT IN THIS MORDEN DAY. WHAT EVER HAPPENED 39 OR 40 YEARS CANNOT HAPPEN NOW AGAIN. THEY SHOULD REDEEM LIES ON DURING THE 2016 ELECTIONS.THEIVES, CORRUPT GOVERNMENT EVER WITHNESS IN THE HISTORY OF GHANA. ***barred word*** NPP GOVERNMENT
Have we just forgotten that no weapon was fired but a coup was successful during Col.Acheampong,s era?We shouldn't take things for granted at all.
Government should not take this lightly. It is a serious case and should be dealt with as such. Every couppp attempt starts very little and un-noticed and then grow into a big issue. Deal with them thoroughly to serve as deterrent to others. If someone stealssss coconut and is jailedddd 15years, jaillll these people at least for life.
This is a comic story! Well , if there is nothing to prove why you should be re-elected then you must to tricks! These are tricks on the intelligence of Ghanaians. I know a lot of low level thinking people will believe it unfortunately. Nana Addo government is a failure unsurprisingly! Very sad.
Are senior officers above the law,please lawyer come again.
COUP PLOTTERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN FEW GREEDY SOILDERS WERE INTERESTED IN THEIR STOMACKS SUCCESSED IN COUP PLOTTING. IN THIS DEMOCRATIC WORLD WE ARE IN ANYONE WHO THROWS OUT A CONSTITUTIONALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT,THE LIKES OF ECOWAS,THE AFRICAN UNION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL REGONISED BODIES WILL HAVE NO OPTION THAN USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY FORCE HIM HAND OVER POWER TO THE OVER THROWN GOVERNMENT.THOSE FOUND GUILTY BY THE LAW WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEAD. PERIOD!!!!
DEAL WITH THEM SWIFTLY IF PROVEN TO BE TRUE,, NO DISTRACTION. NANA ALL THE WAY!!!
WHAT A JOKE, COUP PLOTTERS ARE TESTING THEIR WEAPONS????? WEAPONS THEY MANUFACTURED THEMSELVES???.. THIS IS THE FUNNIEST STORY FOR THE YEAR. SHAME ON AKUFFO ADDO. YOU WILL AND CAN DECEIVE SOME YOUTHFUL MINDS WITH SUCH BOGUS STORIES. YOU ARE A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT AKUFFO ADDO...