{"id":140222,"date":"2024-01-17T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/im-not-against-cds-position-army-chief-cries-out\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:41:35","slug":"im-not-against-cds-position-army-chief-cries-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/im-not-against-cds-position-army-chief-cries-out\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not Against CDS Position- Army Chief Cries Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a passionate address to soldiers at the Burma Camp on Monday, January 15, 2024, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, dismissed growing speculations about his alleged refusal of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) appointment as \u201cunfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2-Star General expressed his concerns over the \u201cunwarranted attacks\u201d directed at him and detailed the extreme lengths the rumours have reached, including claims of attempts to harm him through juju.<\/p>\n<p>Denying the rumours, Major General Oppong-Peprah stated, \u201cThe name Oppong-Preprah is stirring stomachs and heads and creating fear in people. I don\u2019t understand why and so I have been attacked and they keep attacking me\u2026 Even this morning just before I got here, a publication was sent to me where it is being indicated that I have refused to accept the appointment of CDS and as a result, there is a stop in the military shake-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The General remained resilient and defiant amidst the accusations, stating, \u201cI have been taken to juju people and all that. We have pictures of it. In fact, it was one of the military police gentlemen who brought me pictures. But I am still standing here, I am not dead and I will not die. If you can\u2019t cope with what I do, just sit down and zip up. That is all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Major General Oppong-Peprah attributed the hostility towards him to jealousy, highlighting the army\u2019s collective achievements under his leadership. \u201cFor the past four years together, teamwork we have achieved so much and people are jealous of us. That is all. I did not do it, we did it as an army together with my staff officers and everyone. Commanding officers team going to Bundase and adding to whatever we are doing over there. It is teamwork, it is not me, Oppong-Preprah so don\u2019t attack me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>These statements from the Chief of Army Staff aim to clarify the situation and dismiss any misleading rumors circulating about his alleged rejection of the CDS appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Army Chief speaking in a video attached<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Vincent Kubi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In a passionate address to soldiers at the Burma Camp on Monday, January 15, 2024, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, dismissed growing speculations about his alleged refusal of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) appointment as \u201cunfounded.\u201d The 2-Star General expressed his concerns over the \u201cunwarranted attacks\u201d directed at him and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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