The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied as falsehood claims that it dispatched soldiers to sack members of the controversial ‘ De-Eye group’ from the castle following media expose on their activities.
GAF in a statement said: The attention of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been drawn to a Ghanaweb.com story with the above headline on Friday 8 March 2019. The story which was sourced from Myjoyonline.com alleged some officials from the Jubilee House in the company of soldiers have gone to lock up the offices of the De-Eye Group.
“GAF wishes to state categorically that it has not deployed any soldier to the Osu Castle for the stated purpose. Indeed no soldier has been assigned to follow any official to the former seat of Government for such an activity. This allegation is completely false.
“Once again, we wish to urge the media to be circumspect in their reportage on the GAF at all times. The office of the Director of Public Relations is always open to the media to cross check their stories before they put them out”.
Meanwhile, government has described reports about the activities of the group as misleading.
Reacting to the investigative piece Friday at a news conference, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah dismissed the evidence provided in the video as façade failing to match the accompanying narrative.
According to him, the documentary is nothing but “disingenuous and deliberate attempts to cast President Akufo-Addo in a negative light vis-à-vis the fight against vigilantism.
The investigative piece titled ‘Militia in the heart of the nation’ alleged a state-sponsored training of military persons at the behest of the president, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
