Three national security operatives from the Flagstaff House allegedly sent to take over the Kade Palace in the Eastern Region have been placed under police and national security investigations.
The three, identified as Isaac Acquah, Eric Achiampong, and Owusu Boah Annane, according to a statement issued by the Eastern Regional office of the national security, were allegedly sent by an unnamed national security coordinator, to take over the Palace.
The purpose of the take-over, according to the statement, was to hand the Palace over to one Nana Asare Twe II, a self-acclaimed chief of the Kade Traditional Area.
The three were however detained when they reported at the local police station on Friday, 15th May 2020 to introduce themselves as national security operatives tasked to take-over the said palace.
Luck, however, eluded when officials of the Eastern regional national security team who got wind of the operations of the personnel, rushed in and handed the three persons over to the Kade police for further interrogations.
During interrogations, however, Acquah managed to escape leaving Eric and Owusu.
Narrating circumstances leading to the Friday incident, Ekonahene of the Akyem Kade Traditional Area Nana Owusu Adade said a notice purporting to forcibly take over the Kade palace by unknown elements was posted at the old palace at Kade on Monday, May 11, 2020, with the date set for the supposed takeover being Friday, 15th May 2020.
He said the threat didn’t deter officials from the palace as they sat at the palace on Friday awaiting the said takeover.
He said at 12:00, three men walked into the Kade Police station and presented themselves as operatives of national security sent to take over the palace, leading to their arrest.
The suspects meanwhile are on police inquiry bail while a report has been sent to the National Security Headquarters for further action as investigations continue.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
