The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) has released the man who was arrested for allegedly taking and leaking pictures of some bulletproof vehicles procured by the Mahama-led government for the presidency prior to the end of its tenure.
Onua FM reported Friday morning that the 28- year-old man, Andy Abraham, had been picked up by the BNI for taking pictures of the vehicles and circulating same on social media.
The man, who works with AVIANS at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, left home for work Tuesday and never returned.
In an interview on Onua FM, a brother of Andy said when the wife of the missing man called AVIANS, she was told by some of his colleagues that he has been picked up by the BNI for taking pictures of government vehicles, which arrived at the Kotoka International Airport, and sent to it to a radio station.
The brother indicated that the family called his phone several times but no answer though it rang.
Pictures of the 34 vehicles, 10 of which are bulletproof, went viral on social media after it arrived at the Kotoka International Airport. Andy Abraham was accused of taking the pictures and sharing them on social media.
He was thus invited by the BNI and detained until 3news.com and its affiliate broke the story.
‘Mistaken identity’
Speaking to Onua FM Friday evening Andy’s brother (name withheld), said his brother has been released by the BNI .
“I can tell you that at this moment that we are talking, my brother has been released and asked to go and dress up so that we take him away. But we are told to report at the BNI Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for further checks,” he told Onua FM.
According to the relative, the BNI released Mr. Abraham on the grounds of mistaken identity, adding that “We have been assured that the perpetrator will be found, while apologies were rendered to my brother profusely.”
Source: 3news.com
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You work at the airport and you take pictures whilst working and put them on social media and when you called to answer you talk rubbish. Until we learn what our responsibilies are we will always find ourselves in the grip of the law.
@ koliko. A real bas-trad from that region.
The headline is absolutely crazy. Is it Mahama who is going to use the vehicle???
God save Ghana. I rest my case.
Ghanaians are lucky that we still have some people who speak out against some of these barbaric acts, else nana addo would have issued curfew for all of us to sleep at 5pm. Even north Korean regime display their nuclear arms on TV. The Pentagon does open display of its equipment all the time, so why should it be a crime to take a photo of use.less vehicles of so called security cars for corrupt ministers? Ghana is not even up to the standard of Burkina in terms of security, yet phototaking of cars has become a crime. The world has evolved so this medieval days behavior must stop.
This is absolute rubbish. Mere taking photos of vehicles bought with our own tax monies, attract arrest? Nun sense! Whether it's bullet proof or water proof, are they not after all going to be used by political thiieeves? We are in a country where people storm court to release culprits and are left the hook, so why would you arrest someone for taking a photograph? If some of us don't speak up, very soon Ghanaians would be arrested for saying hello to the president. People are being killed everyday, BNI should find those behind the killings and stop this childish style of working. What is annoying is that the sanitation minister who says he is not a borlaman may even be riding in this cars, yet someone who I describe as whistle blower is detained for stoupid reason.
Andy brother is sick in the head.You are happy that your brother has been released just like that. Mistaken identity means they mistakenly arrested him for somebody and for the reason Andy is innocent. Why then is he asked to report on Mondays,Wednesdays and Thursday.Your brother reputation has been damaged and aviance won't pay him for the number of days he was absent from work.Simply sue BNI and get compensated
ADDO DRIVER DICTATOR
BNI THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO.I CAN TAKE PICTURES OF THE ***barred word*** OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH DONALD TRUMP AND THE CIA WILL NOT COME LOOKING FOR ME.WHO HAS NOT SEEN THE BEAST- DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL MOTTO IN PICTURES TAKEN BY PEOPLE.DOES THE CIA GO INTERROGATING JOURNALIST AND PEOPLE SNAPING SELFIES WITH THEIR MOBILE PHONES? WE SHALL ALWAYS BE BACKWARDS HENCE WE ARE REFFERED TO AS SHITHOLES.
Sometimes I just can't junderstand how trivial and uuuseless this shithole akan government can get.