{"id":711807,"date":"2019-09-27T18:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/27\/alleged-coup-plot-senior-military-officer-one-other-charged\/"},"modified":"2019-09-27T18:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:07:58","slug":"alleged-coup-plot-senior-military-officer-one-other-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/27\/alleged-coup-plot-senior-military-officer-one-other-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Coup Plot: Senior Military Officer, One Other Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Colonel Samuel Kojo Gameli\u00a0(L) and Gershon Akpa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A senior military officer and a civilian said to be part of a plot<br \/>\nto take down the Presidency, have been slapped with the charge of possession of<br \/>\nexplosives and ammunition without lawful excuse.<\/p>\n<p>The senior military officer,<br \/>\nColonel Samuel Kojo Gameli and the civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces,<br \/>\nGershon Akpa, \u00a0were charged on Friday, September 26, for their role in<br \/>\nwhat government says is an \u201celaborate plot targeted at the Presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government in a statement released on Monday said, a joint security<br \/>\noperation on Friday led to the retrieval of several arms, explosive devices and<br \/>\nammunition from locations in Accra and Kpone-Bawaleshie in Dodowa.<\/p>\n<p>State Prosecutors on Tuesday<br \/>\npressed similar charges against Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Dornyah \u201cEzor\u201d Kafui<br \/>\n(a local weapon manufacturer) and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC)<br \/>\n(freight manager).<\/p>\n<p>State Prosecutor ASP Sylvester<br \/>\nAsare on Friday informed the Kaneshie District Court that<br \/>\nthe\u00a0soldier\u00a0and the civilian charged in connection with the coup plot<br \/>\nare members of \u2018Take Action Ghana\u2019, a group led by Dr Mac-Palm.<\/p>\n<p>He said they intended to engage<br \/>\nin a series of demonstrations geared at toppling the government.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that they have since secured the services of one other<br \/>\nperson already in custody, to produce explosives and guns for the operation at<br \/>\nthe Citadel Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Payments amounting to GH\u00a22,300 for each pistol according to<br \/>\nprosecution, were made while GH\u00a2400 for each explosive has since been paid for<br \/>\nsome explosives.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Asare asked the court to remand\u00a0them into the custody of<br \/>\nthe Bureau of National Investigation (BNI)\u00a0because investigations were<br \/>\nstill ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>This was granted by Magistrate, Rosemond Dodua Agyiri, who<br \/>\nalso\u00a0adjourned the case to October 9.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, disclosed Tuesday, that<br \/>\nsome military personnel have been picked up in connection with the bust of the<br \/>\nalleged coup plot.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, the Minister said<br \/>\nthe arrest of the officers is part of an in-depth investigation into the<br \/>\nattempt by a group of persons to take over the reins of government.<\/p>\n<p>He has disclosed that the government has been fully brief by state<br \/>\nsecurity agencies including Defence Intelligence under the Ghana Armed Forces,<br \/>\nthe Bureau of National Investigations and the Criminal Investigations<br \/>\nDepartment (CID) on the activities of the coup plotters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oppong Nkrumah also\u00a0revealed that the full brief by state<br \/>\nsecurity agencies is what has been sifted and made public.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong>myjoyonline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colonel Samuel Kojo Gameli\u00a0(L) and Gershon Akpa A senior military officer and a civilian said to be part of a plot to take down the Presidency, have been slapped with the charge of possession of explosives and ammunition without lawful excuse. 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