Some unidentified persons have been staging frequent break-ins at the offices of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General in Accra, CorruptionWatch has found.
One of the topmost officers affected is the Director of Public Prosecutions, Yvonne Attakorah Obuobisa, whose office was broken into in March this year. In that incident, the burglars took away a laptop computer and a printer.
It is unclear the sort of documents and programmes that were installed on the computer and whether they have any consequences on cases that the Attorney-General’s office is prosecuting or studying.
This was revealed Wednesday, August 29, by Frederick Asiamah, an investigator on Corruption Watch, a segment on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM.
Sources say there have been further break-ins at the offices occupied by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Justice and a state attorney as well as the Drafting Department.
In the break-in of the Chief Director’s office, a television set was stolen. A state attorney also had her office burgled, losing one laptop computer. In the last incident that Corruption Watch investigated, the Drafting Office lost a total of three laptop computers in two incidents.
Together, five laptop computers, one printer and a television set are the items that the burglars have taken away so far in the series of break-ins.
The unknown perpetrators usually do not tamper with the doors and windows during their operations.
Termination of contract
Corruption Watch sources also say that the private security company that was in-charge of the Ministry of Justice at the time, has been disengaged after two of its staff were picked up by the Ghana Police Service in connection with one of the incidents.
The company, Thomas Security Company Limited (T.S.S.L.), which has its headquarters at the Awudome Estates, declined an interview on the matter.
However, George Tuffour, Deputy Managing Director and son to the Managing Director Thomas Tuffour, called Corruption Watch to confirm that their guards were picked up by the police in connection with a theft case.
He said the case didn’t travel beyond the security guards giving their statements to the police. But he confirmed that the company’s contract with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General was terminated some months ago as a result of the theft case.
Ministry’s response
Meanwhile, since April 23, 2018, Corruption Watch has sought to speak with officials of the Ministry, including the Minister, Gloria Akuffo, to no avail.
The Minister, through her assistants, informed the team last week that she cannot speak on the matter because of “a tight” calendar.
The incidence of burglary at the A-G’s office has led to concerns about tampering with the integrity of the prosecutorial processes as well as the security and safety of the officers of the A-G’s department.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Pls there’s no FBI in Ghana wai. It’s BNI
Ooooh Ghaaaaana! Very interesting country
simple, the FBI should take their figure prints, Ghanaians wise up, you are too much behind technology.
Attorney Generals' Office ? And a series of break ins ? Are you kidding us ? STOP IT ! This is too 'infantile'. GHANA MUST GET SERIOUS WITH THE 'CORRUTION FIGHT' Over eighteen months after coming into office, to fight the 'coorupt' and 'incompetent'leaders ? "SOMEBODY SHOULD WAKE ME UP "
I will urge Attorney General's office to start email all important information into their mail box in icloud and also have a back up's on pen drive which is to kept in their homes or at a very trusted location. I have done this and all stealing cases in my office have ended as a waste. with these strategies, no one can steal any records from me. I am always in tact with my data. please adopt different strategies to outwit those pilferers. Black mind is negative most times.
series of robberies and measures not put in place to prevent subsequent ones? Don't be surprise ooo..... very soon we will be told the finance ministry and Jubilee house "ministry"!!! NPP oooo NPP, mo y3 brutal!!!!
Why Ghana AG don’t have 24/7 security and the CCTV In her office? Sometimes I am feeling ashamed to see world class educated like this AG keeps complaining about simple issues. Here in UK there are CCTV everywhere even in our buses Madam AG do the right thing.
PLEASE STOP THIS BU0000LLLL SH"IIIITTTT"TTTT HOW CAN A WHOLE AG'S OFFICE BE BROKEN INTO?WHY DON'T THEY HAVE CCTV?VERY FUNNY PEOPLE .THE AG MUST BE SACKED,THIS IS FRAUD
Congratulations Are you Okay now?
Shammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme shameeeeeeeeeeeeee akuffo addo and family government, thiefsssssssss thiefsssssssssssss you are trying to favor your dubious people in court so u are trying to fabricate that docum,ents has been stolen, shame forehead gorilla face.