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Press Release
NPP
March 22, 2016
NPP RESPONDS TO ARREST OF 3 SOUTH AFRICAN
NATIONALS
We have taken notice of
frontpage stories in the Tuesday, March 22,
editions of the state-owned Daily Graphic, and
in newspapers belonging to the “rented press”
stable of the ruling NDC government, about the
arrest of 3 South African nationals on suspicion
of engaging in “acts that threaten the country’s
security.” According to the publications, the 3
men were invited into the country by Capt. Koda
(rtd), head of our presidential candidate’s
personal security.
We wish to place on
record that the presence of the three men in
Ghana is not for any act that can be said
remotely to threaten the country’s security.
Known security detail belonging to the NPP’s
presidential and vice presidential candidates
were being given routine training by these
security experts specialised and licensed to
offer VIP Protection. Indeed, the two personal
drivers of the candidates, as well as the
official photographer of Nana Akufo-Addo, were
part of the 15 persons undergoing training,
which took place on the premises of a
well-known, licensed, Ghanaian security company.
The 3 South Africans arrived in the country
on Business visas. Training of personnel in VIP
protection is part of their business, and,
therefore, no deception was intended. Is it not
alarming, however, that a case which, according
to the BNI, is still under investigation, has
been leaked to pro-government newspapers,
obviously in the bid to help the NDC score cheap
political points? It is our firm conviction that
the security agencies, if they are to enjoy the
confidence of the people, must always be seen to
be non-partisan and professional in the
discharge of their constitutional mandates.
Unlike some other countries where the State
takes responsibility for providing security for
opposition leaders, here, in Ghana, opposition
leaders are responsible for providing and
maintaining their own personal security. That is
exactly the case here.
In an age where a
radio programme host by name ‘Mugabe’, on Montie
FM, a radio station belonging to the stable of
the ruling party, has stated that Nana
Akufo-Addo will die before June this year, we,
in the NPP, will not take any chances,
whatsoever, with the security of our leaders.
That threat by the radio station host has,
unsurprisingly, not been deemed by the
authorities to be an act that could threaten our
nation’s security.
……signed……
Nana
Akomea
NPP Director of Communications
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