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  • No soldier involved in Buipe car snatching GAF

    The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied reports suggesting that a soldier was involved in an alleged armed robbery attack in Tamale.

    According to them, the suspect who was captured in a viral video wearing military camouflage is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces.

    “The attention of the Ghana Armed Forces has been drawn to several videos and pictures on various social media platforms of the arrest of a car snatching syndicate at Buipe who are alleged to have attacked and snatched a car from a victim at Tamale. In the said videos and pictures, one of the suspects is seen wearing military camouflage uniform and has been described variously as a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces,” the statement indicated.

    On January, 23, the Ghana police arrested five suspected robbers in the Savannah Region following a robbery in Tamale.

    In a viral video from the Police Station, the five suspects included a soldier allegedly attached to Burma Camp who was in military uniform.

    The five robbery suspects were said to have snatched a Toyota Camry saloon car from its owner at a residential area in Tamale and bolted.

    However, reports from the police suggest that the Police pursued them and succeeded in arresting them at Buipe.

    The police found and retrieved among other things, a G3 Riffle and a pistol.

    In a statement by the Acting Director Public Relations, Commander Andy La-Anyane, he indicated that there is a rise in the use of military camouflage by civilians to defraud people.

    He however indicated that they are ready to work with the police to unravel the source of the military uniform in this particular incident, to stop sale of military uniforms across the country,

    “We wish to state categorically that the suspect is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces. The Armed Forces is worried about the rising spate of impersonation by civilians, either wearing military uniforms or posting of fake pictures of themselves as military officers to defraud unsuspecting Ghanaians. The unauthorised sale of military uniforms and military pattern gadgets by some vendors contributes to this state of affairs and is inimical to national security.”

    Below is the statement:


    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Thousands queue for GAF recruitment

    Thousands of Ghanaian youth have besieged the El-wak sports stadium with their credentials hoping to be recruited into the Ghana Armed Forces.

    The long queue started at dawn on Monday, 19 July 2021.

    The applicants, made up of mostly unemployed youth are being taken through various stages including screening, body and height check.

    The huge number of applicants had caused vehicular traffic as job seekers queued from the ends of the walls to gain entry into the stadium.

    Last week, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, gave financial clearance for the recruitment of close to 12,000 people into the police, prisons, immigration and education services. A total of 11,840 jobs are available to be filled.

    The clearance covered the Ministry for the Interior, Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Education.

    The financial clearance, communicated in six separate letters to the respective institutions said the recruitments will take place on 1 August 2021.

    Four of the letters were addressed to the Ministry for the Interior under whose wings the Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Immigration Service and Ghana Prisons Service fall.

    The letter to the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, said the Ministry “is hereby granted financial clearance to enable the Comptroller-General of Ghana Immigration Service to recruit 2,000, the Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service to recruit 2,000, Chief Fire Officer to recruit 2,000 and the Inspector-General of Police to recruit 5,000 personnel to augment the staffing position of the services”.

    “The emoluments of the personnel should be charged against the Compensation of Employees vote of the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Police Service, National Fire Service and Ghana Prisons Service, under the Ministry for the Interior in the 2021 Annual Estimates”, the clearance letter stated.

    Regarding the National Security Ministry, the letter, dated 21 June 2021, granted financial clearance to enable the National Signals Bureau (NSB) to recruit additional 100 and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to recruit 140 individuals to augment its workforce.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • GAF to deal with soldiers who assaulted Wa residents over missing phone

    The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has indicated that, it will institute an internal disciplinary measure to deal with some of the soldiers who were involved in brutalising Wa residents over a missing mobile phone.

    In a statement signed by Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, Director Public Relations, the GAF condemned the acts by the soldiers and stated that, “such unprofessional conduct by the military will not be condoned by any member of the force.”

    The statement explained further that, “[the] unprofessional conduct took place on Thursday, 1 July 2021 and at a time when the Commanding Officer of the soldiers, and the Chairman of the Regional Security Council were both out of town on official engagements.

    Internal disciplinary measures have been instituted to deal with all those who will be found culpable in this unprofessional conduct by the soldiers.”

    Armed soldiers assault Wa residents in search of missing mobile phone

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    Some armed soldiers have been caught on camera brutalising residents of Wa in the Upper West Region on Thursday, July 1, over a missing mobile phone supposedly belonging to one of the soldiers.

    According to one eyewitness, one of the soldiers is believed to have boarded what is referred to as “Yellow Yellow” or “Mahama Cambo” and lost his phone.

    The incident is said to have started at 1:00 pm and lasted for close to an hour at the Wa main traffic.

    Several of the victims are said to have sustained various degrees of injury.

    Two of them are currently on admission at the Wa Municipal Hospital.

    A 29-year-old vulcanizer, who was a victim, is suspected to have developed a fracture in his right thigh during the assault.

    This comes after soldiers opened fire on protesters at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, leading to the death of two people and four others injured.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council, Cletus Awuni, who was also a victim, told an Accra based Citi FM that, the soldiers dragged him out of a car and interrogated him for filming the incident.

    The GAF said, due to the seriousness of the matter, “the Chief of the Army Staff is leading a high-powered military delegation to Wa to meet the traditional and opinion leaders to find an amicable way of resolving this unfortunate incident. The delegation will also explore means to assuage the anger of the people and promote good neighbourliness.”

    “The Ghana Armed Forces once again wishes to assure the people of Wa and the general public that their safety is paramount at all times, as such would not condone any unprofessional conduct by any member of the force,” the statement concluded.

    Read the full statement below.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • RE: Alleged molestation of civilians by soldiers along Ghanas eastern border

    The attention of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been drawn to a report alleging that civilians are being molested by soldiers deployed at Aflao and its environs. We wish to state that, this issue has been investigated, and no soldier has been involved in any such act.

    The Ghana Armed Forces wishes to use this medium to assure all Ghanaians, and especially the good people of Aflao and the adjoining communities, that the deployment of troops (in conjunction with other security agencies) is to ensure the protection of the citizenry and not to intimidate them.

    We also wish to assure all and sundry that troops will uphold the high standards of professionalism in the performance of their duties.

    All residents are therefore encouraged to go about their normal duties without any fear or anxiety.

    It is further stated that any incident of infraction of the law, involving any Service person, will be thoroughly investigated and the case dealt with in accordance with GAF Regulations.

    Source: Ghana Armed Forces

  • GAF vehicle in near-fatal crash; three injured

    A vehicle belonging to Ghana Armed Forces has been involved in a near fatal accident at Teacher Mante New Town along the Eastern Region stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highway.

    The accident occurred around 3:37 pm Friday, 16 August, 2019.

    Three Military personnel onboard the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries with one reported to be in critical condition.

    All the victims were rushed to the Nsawam government Hospital for treatment.

    According to an eyewitness, Robert Azaglo, a Staff of Ayensuano District of the National Disaster Management Organization, the Military officers were traveling from Accra direction towards Kumasi but suddenly the Vehicle veered off the road and summersaulted.

    The accident comes few days after a similar accident at Zebilla in the Upper East Region which involved Ghana Armed Forces armoured Vehicle with registration number 19 GA 08 which killed one Military personnel onboard and injured two others.