{"id":757954,"date":"2019-12-04T11:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/papavi-group-arrested\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:13:16","slug":"papavi-group-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/papavi-group-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Papavi Group Arrested &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\n93-year-old Togbui Kuogo II has opened a new front in the quest for a Western<br \/>\nTogoland rivaling octogenarian Charles Kormi Kudzordzi, aka Papavi, in the<br \/>\nsecessionist bid. <\/p>\n<p>Unlike<br \/>\nhis rival Papavi who is yet to be arrested as he remains in hiding, the<br \/>\nnonagenarian has been arrested in Tumu\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nin the Upper West Region where he was engaged with soliciting support from<br \/>\ntraditional rulers in the northern parts of the country parts of which are<br \/>\nincluded in the imaginary Western Togoland.<\/p>\n<p>Togbui<br \/>\nKuogo was arrested in action as he was leading a team to canvass support for<br \/>\ntheir treasonous project. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Court Appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At<br \/>\na Wa Circuit Court on Monday, Togbui and nine others were remanded in prison<br \/>\ncustody to reappear on December 9 after they were accused of treason felony. <\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nremanding them, Baah Forson Adjapong, the presiding judge, made it clear that he<br \/>\ndid not have jurisdiction to sit on the case and was formally remanding them<br \/>\npending their transfer to an appropriate court for prosecution. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\naccused persons, according to a police detective, called on the Wa Naa, Naa Fuseini<br \/>\nSeidu Pelpuo IV, to seek his support in their secessionist project but were<br \/>\ndriven away from the palace.<\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nhad come under the radar of the Upper West Regional Police Command which<br \/>\ndirected the district commanders to be on the lookout for the secessionists. <\/p>\n<p>When<br \/>\nthey turned up at the Tumu Kuoro\u2019s palace last Saturday on the same mission, the<br \/>\npolice arrested all of them based upon a tip-off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those<br \/>\narrested and sent to court alongside Togbu Kuogo II included Ismail Dzirakor,<br \/>\n82; Hordiba Innocent, 68; Michael Hofe, 49; and Umborgarti Samuel, 54. <\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nrest are George Lihor Klevor, 49; Mohammed Karim, 45; Emmanuel Kanu, 58; and<br \/>\nMaglo Tsey Mawuli, 34.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto police detective Sergeant Martin K. Debortse, the accused persons were travelling<br \/>\naround in a Hyundai Grace bus with registration GE 8212 \u2013 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confiscated Items<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\ndetective told the court that the police confiscated 10 mobile phones,<br \/>\ndocuments and maps showing their imaginary Western Togoland.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the national security apparatus, they have stumbled upon vital evidence that<br \/>\nthe suspects had already called on other traditional leaders in the Northern<br \/>\nRegion over the Western Togoland agenda.<\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nare said to have met the King of Dagbon Ya Na Abukari Mahama, the Bimbila and<br \/>\nBawku chiefs. <\/p>\n<p><strong>New Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Togbui<br \/>\nKuogu II, previously unknown, adds to an earlier group whose leader had told a<br \/>\nradio station that although he did not belong to Papavi\u2019s Homeland Study Group<br \/>\nFoundation (HSGF) he shared their dream. <\/p>\n<p>Daniel<br \/>\nYevugah leader of the group which announced its presence shortly after Papavi\u2019s<br \/>\ndeclaration of independence of Western Togoland recently explained that he is<br \/>\nthe First Vice-President of the Concerned Citizens of Western Togoland.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nclaimed that their grouping was a legally registered body to educate their<br \/>\npeople, who could be indigenes of the Volta Region and elsewhere about what he<br \/>\nsaid \u201cthe untold story of Western Togoland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel<br \/>\nYevugah did not find anything illegal about their secessionist project as he<br \/>\ncalled for an international adjudication in their matter in the event that they<br \/>\nare arrested. <\/p>\n<p><strong>International Adjudication <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\naccused Ghanaian authorities of persistently \u2018concealing\u2019 their identities<br \/>\nusing the recently created regions as a case in point.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas<br \/>\nregions like Ahafo and Bono East were carved out of Brong-Ahafo and the like,<br \/>\nin the case of the Volta Region the authorities gave the name \u2018Oti Region\u2019<br \/>\ninstead of his preferred Volta North and Volta South.<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nfor him was unfair and represented a concealment of the identity of the people<br \/>\nof the region as he hosted hard questions from his host. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Document<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel<br \/>\nYevugah did not hesitate with his answers, a suggestion about a well rehearsed programme<br \/>\nby the leadership of those holding on to the ideals of the secessionist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He,<br \/>\nfor instance, stated that \u201cthere is no legal document to show that we are<br \/>\nsupposed to be part of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghanaian Passport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel<br \/>\nYevugah said he holds a Ghanaian passport because he is only a Ghanaian by<br \/>\nbirth, saying \u201cmy forefathers voted to be in a union with the Gold Coast to<br \/>\nform Ghana. I can only be a Ghanaian by birth. Western Togoland and Ghana are<br \/>\ntwo separate countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\ncontradictions in this segment of his responses only exposed the confusion that<br \/>\nsurrounds somewhat the thinking of the secessionists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Declaration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Papavi<br \/>\non Saturday November 10, at a spot not far away from the Police Training School<br \/>\nin Ho, declared a breakaway from the Volta Region, North West and some parts of<br \/>\nthe Upper East Region calling it \u2018Western Togoland.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nwas whisked away in a waiting car and has since not been seen.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\npolice later claimed Papavi and his boys tricked them into thinking that they<br \/>\nwere organizing a funeral.<\/p>\n<p>The five arrested and remanded at the Ho District Court after Papavi\u2019s declaration included Peter Godfriend Edem, Mkpe Tornyi Kudjo, Kofi Agbeko, Agbenyega Akudzia and Ibrahim Tofa.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>By A.R. Gomda<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspects A 93-year-old Togbui Kuogo II has opened a new front in the quest for a Western Togoland rivaling octogenarian Charles Kormi Kudzordzi, aka Papavi, in the secessionist bid. 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