Senior military officer, Colonel Senyo Gameli and a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces, Gershon Akpa have been remanded by a District Court in Accra in connection with the alleged Jubilee House takeover.
The two men who were in court today, September 27 were charged with unlawful possession of explosives, firearms and ammunitions are alleged to have worked with the other three suspects, Managing Director of Citadel Hospital, Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Donya Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu.
According to the Prosecution ASP Sylvester Asare, the two men are members of a non-governmental organisation, Take Action Ghana, which was planning a series of demonstrations with the ultimate aim of taking over the Jubilee House.
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He said in July 2019, TAG engaged the services of Kafui, a blacksmith from the Volta Region, to manufacture arms to enable them to complete their objectives.
Kafui, he explained, charged the group Ghc2300 as the cost for each pistol and Ghc400 as the cost for each explosives
He was then brought to the Citadel Hospital in Alajo, Accra to manufacture the arms.
ASP Asare said Kafui was able to manufacture 22 explosives , six pistols, three hand grenades and 5 ammunitions which he handed over to Dr Yao Mac - Palm, who is described as the leader of the group.
The prosecutor said based on intelligence, security operatives arrested members of the group and took possession of the arms.
The two have also be remanded into BNI custody and will appear in court on the 9th of October.
Three persons also remanded
The district court in Accra on Tuesday also remanded the three persons who were arrested in an alleged attempted takeover of the Jubilee House.
The three, Managing Director of Citadel Hospital, Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Donya Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu were charged with Conspiracy to Manufacture arms and ammunition without lawful authority, possession of explosives and firearms without lawful authority and manufacture of firearms without lawful authority.
The plea of the accused persons was however not taken by the court.
This follows a request by the prosecutors that because the state was still investigating the matter, they would want to continue to keep the accused in their custody.
The request was objected to by the defence attorneys who argued that the State should have been ready to prosecute the case if any, due to the number of days the accused persons have been with them.
But the magistrate, Rosemond Dodua Agyiri, granted the request by the prosecution and urged them to expedite their investigations.
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She also directed the State to allow lawyers and family of the accused persons to have access to them.
The three persons together with some military persons, according to the Ministry of Information, had conspired to take over key state installations and the reins of government in a very elaborate plan.
The statement from the Information Ministry said the alleged conspirators had in their possession some weapons and were radicalizing some youth as part of the grand scheme.
The case has been adjourned to the 9th of October 2019.
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