The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service have appealed for circumspection in the use of the word ‘terrorists’ to describe suspects.
The public, especially the media, they warn, should avoid using the word loosely and irresponsibly in order not to ncreate unwarranted fear and panic in Ghana’s peaceful society.
In a joint statement responding to a Ghanaian Times publication that alleged blame game between these two institutions over the whereabouts of some 48 alleged terrorists, the Police and the Immigration insist the article is false.
“We wish to state categorically that the said publication is false and should be disregarded.”
“No supposed terrorists have been arrested by the Police and the Ghana Immigration Service, and there is certainly no blame game going on between the two state security agencies as is being falsely claimed by the Ghanaian Times Newspaper.”
“We would like to put on record, for the avoidance of any doubt, that some 48 foreign nationals were arrested by the Police and the Immigration in two separate operations at Ekyem, Achiase and Akokoamong near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region in September, 2022, for engaging in illegal Network Marketing (QNET).”
“All 48 suspects were profiled in line with standard operating procedures of our two institutions and were repatriated to their various home countries between September 26th and September 29, 2022,” the statement said.
It assured the two state security agencies will continue to collaborate and partner in the discharge of their respective mandates for the good of the country.
A copy of the statement