{"id":3686,"date":"2019-09-24T14:34:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2019-09-24T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:34:42","slug":"bombs-heavy-firearms-retrieved-as-3-arrested-over-attempted-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bombs-heavy-firearms-retrieved-as-3-arrested-over-attempted-coup","title":{"rendered":"Bombs, heavy firearms retrieved as 3 arrested over attempted Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"

A secret plot targeted intended to takeover government has been foiled by the security agencies in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a statement indicated that three\u00a0 suspects have been arrested in connection with an alleged coup d’\u00e9tat against the Akufo-Addo government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, owner of Citadel Hospital and his two accomplices \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s press statement on Monday, 23 September 2019, said: \u201cA 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\u201d.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The minister\u2019s statement said: \u201c\u2026Between 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\u201d.<\/p>\n

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 \u2018Take Action Ghana\u201d (TAG) \u201cunder the guise of mobilising the youth for nation-building, education, health, and providing shelter to the needy\u201d.<\/p>\n

The minister said, \u201cevidence available shows the intent was to build a support base of youth and radicalise them against the political authority in Ghana\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn 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\u201d.<\/p>\n

Items retrieved at Citadel Hospital, Alajo, Accra were:<\/p>\n

\u2022 5 x locally-manufactured pistols with magazines fitted on.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x foreign pistol (Reg. No. PX154006) with 2 X magazines.<\/p>\n

\u2022 3 x locally-manufactured pistol barrels.<\/p>\n

\u2022 3 x smoke grenades.<\/p>\n

\u2022 22 x Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).<\/p>\n

\u2022 9 x 7.62mm NATO AK47 rounds.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2 x AK-47 magazines.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x long Knife.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The outlined plan for the operation presented by some soldiers at one of their meetings at Next-Door Resort.<\/p>\n

\u2022 7 x mobile phones.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2 x IPADs.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2 x decoders.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x modem.<\/p>\n

\u2022 3 x tablets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x Ghanaian passport.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2 x pen-drives.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x voice recorder.<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 x USB connector.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Machines and materials for manufacturing weapons and \u00a0 IEDs.<\/p>\n

At Bawaleshie near Dodowa, a 63 x 9mm NATO rounds ammunition was retrieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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