Former Spokesperson for the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), Major Retired Osahene Boakye-Duan, has described the arrest of some alleged coup plotters by the National Security as a joke.
He said the description given by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah about how the arrested persons were planning to execute the plan falls below expectation, hence more clarity should be provid
Mr Boakye-Djan told Accra FM Tuesday 23 September, 2019 that : “What the government is churning out especially regarding the ammunition retrieved at Citadel Hospital at Alajo is a joke.
“The actions that go into coup making go beyond what the security and the Minister of Information are telling us. They will need to provide further clarity on the matter.”
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot against the Akufo-Addo government, a statement issued by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said.
Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, owner of Citadel Hospital and his two accomplices – Mr Ezor Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Mr Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC) were arrested on Friday, 20 September 2019 at Accra and Bawaleshie near Dodowa.
The government’s press statement on Monday, 23 September 2019, said: “A joint security operation of personnel drawn from Defence Intelligence, CID and Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), conducted a successful operation which led to the arrest of three persons and the retrieval of several arms, explosive devices and ammunition from locations in Accra”.
The release explained that surveillance on the activities of the persons involved commenced in June 2018, when Dr Mac-Palm and Mr Ofosu started organising a series of meetings at the Next-Door Beach Resort, Teshie, and other locations in Accra, in furtherance of their objectives.
The minister’s statement said: “…Between June and August 2018, BB, acting for and on behalf of Dr Mac-Palm, contacted a number of serving military personnel, and talked them into hatching and executing a plot to obtain weapons, take over key installations, and secure funding for the purpose of taking over the reins of government. These meetings were closely monitored”.
Again, the statement said in August 2018, Dr. Mac-Palm and two others, Kennedy Amoah and Dr. Albert Sam (based in the USA), formed a group called ‘Take Action Ghana” (TAG) “under the guise of mobilising the youth for nation-building, education, health, and providing shelter to the needy”.
The minister said, “evidence available shows the intent was to build a support base of youth and radicalise them against the political authority in Ghana”.
“In furtherance of this scheme, Dr Mac-Palm contracted one Mr Ezor from Alavanyo to produce locally made weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) for the operation. In July 2019, Mr Ezor set up a workshop in a container, originally used as an X-Ray laboratory, at the premises of Citadel Hospital, and started producing the weapons and IEDs in-house.
“On 10th September 2019, Dr Mac-Palm and Mr Ezor procured from the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, some essential chemicals to be mixed with gun powder, stone chippings, surgical needles and powdered pepper for their operations. He also contracted a worker at the Base Workshop in Burma Camp to supply 10 AK 47 riffles. He made an advance payment of GHS7,000.00.
“On Thursday, 19 September 2019, at about 2300 hours, still under surveillance, Dr Mac-Palm, Mr Ezor, and one soldier went to an area close to the Laboma Beach to test fire some of the locally-manufactured weapons”.
Items retrieved at Citadel Hospital, Alajo, Accra were:
• 5 x locally-manufactured pistols with magazines fitted on.
• 1 x foreign pistol (Reg. No. PX154006) with 2 X magazines.
• 3 x locally-manufactured pistol barrels.
• 3 x smoke grenades.
• 22 x Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
• 9 x 7.62mm NATO AK47 rounds.
• 2 x AK-47 magazines.
• 1 x long Knife.
• The outlined plan for the operation presented by some soldiers at one of their meetings at Next-Door Resort.
• 7 x mobile phones.
• 2 x IPADs.
• 2 x decoders.
• 1 x modem.
• 3 x tablets.
• 1 x Ghanaian passport.
• 2 x pen-drives.
• 1 x voice recorder.
• 1 x USB connector.
• Machines and materials for manufacturing weapons and IEDs.
At Bawaleshie near Dodowa, a 63 x 9mm NATO rounds ammunition was retrieved.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Whichever way people view it, there was an attempted coup and the good news is that they have been arrested. Any body who tries to repeat a similar act will be arrested. But come to think of it, their lawyer is an NDC member. There is no smoke without fire.
which serious president will be drinking tea at UN when there are attempts to dislodge his government. diverting attention of hardship and cluelessness, incompetence, corruption etc.
It is even more than a joke. How weapons meant for staging a coup include a kitchen knife for peeling and cutting pawpaw? No wonder the charges have been reduced to conspiring to commit crime. NPP just wanted to use this as a ploy to divert attention from the economic mess they have created.this will never wash. PDS, US$4.5 million Afcon, BOST, Ayawaso West Wuogon, Kevin GVG, Ghc205 billion National Debt, US$1.2 billion National Card fraud, US$17,000 per hour flight, Galamsey bribery scandal, Aisha Hwuang release and escape, Sale of "Not for Sale" fertilizer, and many more are all waiting to be answered. Today travelling"" Nana has become a wanderer" who cannot stay in his own home. Records are showing he has stayed outside more days than in his own country. Election 2020 defeat is visibly staring at him hence his every effort to circumvent the electoral process.
This coward should give us a bre------ak!!!!!! where was he between 1981-2000 ? he should thank President Kuffuor for winning the election in 2001 and admitting cowards back to the fold of their families.Kwas*ea Boakye Djan who couldn't even secure a chairmanship of a constituency for thd ndc sometimes talk like he knows everything about our politics! this was a man who was part of the AFRC which overthrew the SMC2 government but couldn't secure the first slot which was the head of state himself but gave it to Flt. Lt Rawlings a junior officer who was in guardroom waiting for his sentence and rather chose spokesperson such an idi*ot annoys me when he speak! he has no shame like the party he joined or he takes Ghanaians as having short memory like his boss mahama said but listen the world has gone far and people are very much enlightened hence even illiterates know how to use cell phones.We remember everything so you people must stop taking Ghanaians for granted! Who invited Bake Djan to talk about this? Ghana has fine gentlemen and ladies who are also veterans but don't talk like this bus*hman with a scary old face!
ST\\UPID BOAKYE DJAN HOW MANY GUNS DID YOU USE IN THE AFRC COUP
U staged a coup then u make Rawlings head and he later sent you into exile tweaa
Some Ghanaians do not see any threat to this alleged coup attempt because they argue that the weapons retrieved from those behind this evil agenda are not enough to achieve their plot. I wish they can tell us what weapons are needed to undertake a coup. Why will a medical doctor establish a hospital and within that same facility be manufacturing firearms? Can Boakye Gyan and all those making ridicule explain this to us?
uncle Boakye Gyan, things have changed since the coup you plotted. People are much smarter now. In fact, I don't why these security experts and professional coup makers are even talking. Do they think the Government will put out every information they have? Wise up guys!
THE WEAPONS DISCOVERED FROM THE COUP PLOTTERS APPEAR TO BE TOO SIMPLE FOR A COUP. IT IS GOOD FOR ALL WHO CARE ABOUT GHANA TO KNOW THAT THE WEAPONS DISCOVERED MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO TAKE OVER GOVERNMENT, YET THEY CAN ENABLE THEM TO ATTACK THE GUARDS AT THE ARMOURY TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO MORE POWERFUL WEAPONS. NO CIVILIAN COUP PLOTTERS ACT ALONE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE IGNORANTT SOLDIERS TO USE, EXPLOITT AND DUMPP. HE ALSO ARGUED THAT ANY COUP AT THIS TIME WILL ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION. ONE MUST KNOW THAT COUP MAKERS DO NOT CARE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION. CONTEMPORARY COUP MAKERS LACK THE ABILITY TO THINK RIGHT AND MAY NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF THEM. MOST COUP MAKERS ARE EGOISTICC AND SELF ABSORBEDD. THEY DONT THINK AND ACT RIGHT BECAUSE THEY DONT SEE RIGHT TO JUDGE RIGHT. OFOSU AMPOFO STATEMENTS WERE NOT MADE IN A VACUUM. ANY GUN OR EXPLOSION IN THE HANDS OF NON-AUTHORISED PERSONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR THE GOOD OF ANY PEOPLE. THEY ARE ONLY USED TO COMMIT CRIME BY ATTACKING TO ROB PEOPLE OF THEIR LIVES, PROPERTY OR GOVERNMENT. JUNE 4 AND DECEMBER 32 COUPS BEGAN AS A JOKE.
This man and NDC behind the plot?