Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
THE NATIONAL Security has claimed responsibility for the arrests of some Indians and Ghanaians in Kumasi.
About four Indians and two Ghanaians were reportedly arrested at their home at Ahodwo, a suburb of Kumasi, on Thursday.
Initially, there were reports that, perhaps, the victims had been kidnapped by some fake National Security officials.
But Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the National Security carried out the arrest in Kumasi.
He has, therefore, allayed the fears of Kumasi residents, who were apprehensive that it was another case of kidnapping. According to him, the National Security, per information reaching him, had a court order to effect an arrest.
“The National Security has claimed responsibility for the arrests of some Indians in Kumasi, so it is not kidnapping. According to the National Security, the suspects were engaging in illegal gold business, hence their arrest,” he pointed out.
Mr. Oppong-Nkrumah said the National Security was in the process of sending the suspects to court soon.
Addressing journalists during a meet-the-press event in Kumasi, he reiterated that it was not a kidnapping case.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi