[ 2016-03-30 ]

3 SA ex-cops were training NPP guards for free

A counsel for three repatriated South African
former cops has disclosed that the men did not
charge to train bodyguards for the leadership of
the New Patriotic Party.


Mr. Atta Akyea was contesting claims that three
former police officers were working in Ghana.

“They were not working…that means you are
talking about remuneration. This people came to
help them,” he told TV3 New Day Wednesday.

Ahmed Shaik Hazis, Denver Dwayne Naidu and
Mlungiseleli Jokani were arrested in the Central
Region last week engaging in security activities
contrary to what their visas permitted them to do
in Ghana.

They were put before court for conspiracy to
commit crime and unlawful training but were
granted bail on Thursday. They were however
deported to South Africa Tuesday morning.

Atta Akyea who is the Member of Parliament for
Abuakwa South stressed, “They were not going to
be paid. That is the point of the whole matter.
They have not put any price on what they were
doing; so why should anybody imagine… ”

He however fell short of disclosing who covered
their travel cost from South Africa to Ghana

“I’m not able to divulge that because with all
respect, I don’t have the full information as to
the cost of their coming. But what I know is that
this was for free.

“There are a lot of things that happen for free
when they know that there is a good man to protect
his interest.”

At the time of their arrest, the three ex-cops
were training 15 men in VIP protection and other
security drills for NPP’s presidential candidate
Nana Akufo-Addo, his running mate Dr. Mahamudu
Bawumia, and their spouses.

Atta Akyea told New Day host Bridget Otoo that the
party would find a way of providing security to
the leadership of the party.

“We will ensure that Nana Akufo-Addo’s
security is not naked,” he emphasized and
assured that the party would not do anything to
create unnecessary tension in the country.

Source - tv3network.com|

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