Akufo-Addo requested the removal of Alban Bagbin’s Soldiers not GAF
Ahmed Ibrahim, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banda and Deputy Minority Whip
Ahmed Ibrahim, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banda and Deputy Minority Whip has claimed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was responsible for the removal of soldiers who were attached to the Office of the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.
The Member of the Defense Committee said the news of the removal came as a shock to the Minority in Parliament on News 360 on TV3 Saturday, January 14.
“This came to us a great shock” and “this is time we all need to come together and work on security” ,he said.
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“We are surprised as a Minority to hear the government withdrawing military detachment of the speaker. The Speaker is number Three, even the EC chair is using about ten military personnel. So if the Speaker duly requested for four and they have been on duty for over one year, the question is what has changed?, It raises security questions” he added.
“It is President Akufo-Addo who has withdrawn the military detachment, he is the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.The Minority Will Meet on Monday” he said.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said that the four soldiers who have been withdrawn from the Office of the Speaker of Parliament were attached to that particular office without proper procedure.
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This resulted in the decision to withdraw them while efforts are made to regularize their attachment, stated by a statement.
The Statement signed by the Chief Of Staff of The Ghana Armed Forces,NP Andoh to the Speaker said, “The under-named military personnel were attached to Office of the Rt Honourable Speaker of Parliament without the proper procedure”.
“It is humbly requested that the personnel are withdrawn with effect from 14 January 2022 while efforts are made to regularize their attachment”
Attached is the notice from the Ghana Armed Forces withdrawing the Services of the military personnel.
SOURCE: 3news.com
