{"id":649254,"date":"2019-07-03T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Emmanuel Ajarfor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a new twist to\nthe cybercrime case in which two staffers of Modern Ghana \u2013 an online portal \u2013\nwere arrested by National Security operatives last week, sparking heated\ndebate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T"},"modified":"2019-07-03T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:39:00","slug":"new-twist-in-cybercrime-case-another-suspect-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/03\/new-twist-in-cybercrime-case-another-suspect-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"New Twist In Cybercrime Case; Another Suspect Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Emmanuel Ajarfor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a new twist to<br \/>\nthe cybercrime case in which two staffers of Modern Ghana \u2013 an online portal \u2013<br \/>\nwere arrested by National Security operatives last week, sparking heated<br \/>\ndebate.<\/p>\n<p>The Criminal<br \/>\nInvestigations Department (CID) has reportedly identified and invited a third<br \/>\nsuspect to assist the law enforcement agency in the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The third suspect (name<br \/>\nwithheld for investigation reasons) is a staff member of a popular radio<br \/>\nstation in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri<br \/>\nand Emmanuel Britwum were arrested in Accra after National Security operatives<br \/>\nclosed in on them for allegedly engaging in inappropriate cybercrime<br \/>\nactivities.<\/p>\n<p>Their arrests and the<br \/>\naccompanying debate which has taken on a political garb have engaged the public<br \/>\nspace in the past few days especially after Emmanuel Ajarofor\u2019s claim of<br \/>\ntorture at the hands of their captors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical<br \/>\nExamination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Ajarfor has been<br \/>\nreferred to hospital for medical examination to authenticate his claim that he<br \/>\nwas subjected to an assortment of torture including elbowing and electric<br \/>\nshocks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nat.<br \/>\nSec. Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, a statement from<br \/>\nthe National Security Council Secretariat rubbished the claim of the suspect and<br \/>\nstated that the suspect upon being handed over to the Criminal Investigations<br \/>\nDepartment (CID) was quickly referred for medical examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that the<br \/>\nresults of the medical examination will present the truth in the matter, so as<br \/>\nto inform the appropriate steps to be taken,\u201d the statement assured Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement dated July<br \/>\n1, the National Security Council Secretariat stated emphatically that the two<br \/>\nwere arrested for cybercrime activities and took a strong view of the torture<br \/>\nclaims of Ajarfor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secretariat takes a<br \/>\nvery serious view of these claims, and wishes to state, in no uncertain terms,<br \/>\nthat these allegations are false,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The secretariat explained<br \/>\nthat the suspects\u2019 claims are \u201ca clear and deliberate attempt by the suspect to<br \/>\ndiscredit the investigations and the case against them. Torture and manhandling<br \/>\nof suspects are not part and parcel of the culture and architecture of the<br \/>\nsecretariat under the administration of President Akufo-Addo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect, during<br \/>\nquestioning, was never manhandled, neither was he subjected to any form of<br \/>\nforced physical contact,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NDC Joinder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opposition National<br \/>\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) in the ensuing debate has mounted a campaign against<br \/>\nthe National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, demanding that he resigns<br \/>\nfrom his position over the unverified torture allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The National<br \/>\nCommunications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi, author of previous<br \/>\npropaganda-laced statements, pointed out that the minister should resign from<br \/>\nhis position because one of the suspects claimed he was tortured while in the<br \/>\ndetention of the BNI.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Emmanuel<br \/>\nAjarfor\u2019s claim that their interrogators did not pose questions about<br \/>\ncybercrime is contrary to the statement from the National Secretariat which<br \/>\ndiffers from the suspect disclosure as it pointed out that they were arrested<br \/>\nbecause of cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unsubstantiated<br \/>\nCharges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is amazing why the NDC<br \/>\nin the statement would link the murder of Ahmed Suale who was one of Anas Aremeyaw<br \/>\nAnas\u2019 private investigators to the ruling party as Sammy Gyamfi did in the<br \/>\nstatement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NDC hereby calls on Albert Kan Dapaah to immediately resign as National Security Minister or be suspended by the President, to allow for a full-scale investigation into allegations of torture of the journalists. We submit that all those found culpable must be dealt with in accordance with law,\u201d the NDC statement stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By A.R. Gomda <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Ajarfor There is a new twist to the cybercrime case in which two staffers of Modern Ghana \u2013 an online portal \u2013 were arrested by National Security operatives last week, sparking heated debate. 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