Captain
Edmund Koda (rtd), head of security of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
flagbearer, has sounded the alarm bell, warning that the life of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in danger as some people are planning to
assassinate him ahead of this year’s general election.
His
revelation was coming at the time former first lady and National Democratic Party (NDP) founder, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has also
raised an alarm over a threat to her life.
According to Capt
Koda, the NPP flagbearer had been placed on the radar of assassins for
which he and his men are seeking to increase protection around the
opposition party’s leader.
“Our resolve to protect Nana
Akufo-Addo is still on course and intact. We will not sit down for
anybody to come and kill Akufo-Addo. People have said they would come
and kill him and we are leaving no chance,” Captain Koda said in an
interview with Hello Fm in Kumasi yesterday.
The head of the NPP
flagbearer’s security detail was explaining the circumstances leading to
the arrest and detention of a personal photographer and a private
bodyguard of Nana Addo by the operatives of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
Kwadwo Kyeremeh and Malik Neequaye were
detained Tuesday evening after they refused to fill “personality
profile” forms that are said to be meant for suspects who have been
taken to custody at the BNI.
They had accompanied Captain Edmond
Koda to the BNI office to witness the recovery of some security items,
11 missile detectors and bug detector, which were taken from Capt Koda’s
residence some weeks ago during a raid by the BNI operatives.
The
search was occasioned by Capt. Koda’s engagement with the three South
African security experts who were brought into the country by the NPP to
train Nana Addo’s personal bodyguards and were deported to their native
country.
Capt. Koda added that they were determined to protect
Nana Addo from any possible attempt on his life and would use any
available legitimate means to shield him from danger or injury.
“The
people who raided the NPP headquarters declared that their next target
is Nana Addo’s residence. We heard it from their mouths that they would
come and kill him. We can’t sit down for people to come and kill him;
not at all,” Capt. Koda indicated and added that they, in-charge of
security, were resolute and determined to give Akufo-Addo the needed
protection.
He dared those people to make any attempt on Nana
Addo’s life and they would “meet their metre,” pointing out that the
private security arrangement of the opposition leader equally has the
men to counteract any aggressive force.
Capt. Koda asked the
public not to worry as they were up to the task to shield Nana Addo from
danger, while discounting assertion that the training of private
security personnel of the NPP presidential candidate was a breach of the
laws of the country.
“Don’t teachers and doctors go for
refresher courses? Is there anything wrong with professionals going for
refresher courses outside? We are ready to give Nana Addo the needed
protection and we will go all out,” he charged. |
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