The personal car of Mr James Agyenim-Boateng has been confiscated by soldiers who stormed his house on Tuesday, the aide to former Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has said.
According to him, the soldiers claimed they were acting on the instructions of Chief of Staff Frema Osei Opare as part of efforts to retrieve missing state vehicles.
According to Mr Agyenim-Boateng, the soldiers took his car away on grounds that he had not transferred ownership to his name since he took possession of the vehicle in 2012 from whoever sold it to him.
In an audio recording he posted on his Facebook page on Friday, 10 February, the former broadcaster said: “Three soldiers in uniform and plain-clothed security persons came to my residence. They were in two Toyota Land Cruisers, banged on my gate violently and I went out to meet them. I asked them what the early morning visit was all about. The plain-clothed person explained that they had come in search of missing state vehicles.
“I asked him whether they had a search warrant [but] he replied in the negative. I asked by what authority then were they searching for the cars and he produced a laminated copy of the letter written by the Chief of Staff. I explained that that could not be a substitute for a search warrant; it did not operate as a search warrant. Be that as it may, particularly as I was a law-abiding citizen and I wasn’t keeping any missing vehicle and did not have any stolen vehicle in my custody, I let them in.
“I asked them whether they had an inventory, a list of the cars they were looking for, the make, the chassis numbers and registration plate [but] he said no they didn’t. Then I asked: ‘So how could you be looking for what you do not have, or what you do not know?’
“Eventually, I let them in. At the end of it they drove away a vehicle that I have had since February 2012, and their point was simply that the vehicle was not in my name even though it was still in the name of the person who sold it to me. As we speak, I don’t have the vehicle anymore.”
Meanwhile, Administrator General, David Yaro has said his office took no inventory of the number of state vehicles left as of the time the Mahama administration was handing over to President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government.
“No we didn’t,” Mr Yaro answered on Joy News in response to a question about whether he took that inventory.
“We have made sure that these are captured in the handing over notes and the handing over notes were discussed with the incoming and outgoing ministers of state and they agreed.
“So as soon as you do that, it becomes the property of the state or agency in charge and it will now be their responsibility to look at the handing over notes vis-à-vis what is on the ground. We are not to do the physical check to be sure that what is being handed over to them is there before they sign.”
There is currently a back-and-forth between the Akufo-Addo government and the erstwhile Mahama administration concerning the number of state vehicles left after the president’s press secretary Eugene Arhin revealed that 208 state cars were missing.
The former government released a statement on Thursday saying it left behind 641 cars and dared the new government to point out the alleged missing ones.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Note how Agyenim Boateng doesn't mention the kind of car that was taken away.
Understand the sense in korkor's argument and stop your unnessary criticism. Ghana does not need military type of rule. Police are there so don't use soldiers. Sooner or later the same soldiers would oust you from power. Mark it. Continue use of soldiers will embolden them to do the unthinkable to your administration. Common sense.
We will send soldiers to retrieve any govt property that ndc officials have in their possession. Even if you have a supporter bought with govt money we will come for it. ***barred word***
The nation is becoming ungovernable just as npp remained ungovernable until they came to power. Nana Addo was powerless just as Kan Dapaah has been made powerless. The buga buga boys of NPP had their own way. They went to radio stations while in opposition and beat people up. Nana Addo's security would cock their guns at the police and get away with it because our biased media applauded everything about npp. Before some of you realise what is going on, it will be too late. 4 legs good 2 legs better (asemsebe)
Interesting!!!!! How possible? Vehicle was purchased in Feb 2012 and it's still in the name of the person who sold it to him. Only in Ghana
Too much talk Kokor, calm down.The soldiers you write about are called Task force and they are not armed robbers. this country is so devided we have lost our sense of objectivity.
Am not sure whether in a democratic dispensation soldiers are allowed to go from house to house in the name of retrieving vehicles. Interestingly, when the past government allowed special forces in the military to do their routine exercise by marching in town, the npp cried wolf. What has changed that now they think they can unleash soldiers on innocent civilians. If you want to retrieve a stolen car, you invite the person to the police station for questioning and subsequently retrieve the car if you gathered the evidence. The way the so called lawyer president is doing things, very soon Ghana may be ungovernable because people are going to resist this type of nun sense. The military are supposed to be in the barracks. Eight years in power, ndc did not use the military to harass opponents even though their foundation was the military. Nana is violent and therefore his presidency is a dangerous one.
Koliko so you think we are phoools for you to enjoy at the expense of our country? You will stay in opposition till thy kingdom come. Whatever you pool say about Nana and Madam Frema you are not fit,I repeat you are not fit to untie their shoes let alone be a house keeper in their homes. One of your front teeth is out giving you a parted nice teeth so you think you are on top of the world. Even when you were in power which of you was able to be enlightened to give Ghana something extra ordinary, something never happened before in our country? Your old primit*ve hateful and env*ous ways which never changed nothing against your enemies in Ghana but rather got God's blessings in abundance. Nkwaseafuo like you even want to be heard?mmoa like you I tell you ,you will get what you paid for. Nobody is afraid of you and you are not above the laws of our country,***barred word*** like you Koliko are the reason why the special prosecutor is necessary and we shall persecute and torment you until Ghanaians get what belongs to them. We shall do unto others the things that others did unto us,koliko silly cocoon never learn sense but always be on your hat*ful jealous and uncivil mode for we are also ready to go into the gutters with you mmoa. Nana and Madam Frema will never come out to answer you because they are civil and born into good homes but we the Ghanaian people have time to meet you boot for boot,we are fighting for our country and that is our aim
Classic mismanagement or deliberate mistake to steal! How do you give out state property without keeping inventory of what was given out and who they were given to? How do you track them under the circumstance? Is it an intentional mistake or unintentional? Neither one speaks well of the ndc administration.
Hello Koliko, why do you get involved in this discussion in the manner you did? People must be accountable. So if state cars are missing, the search for them must continue. Remember you take responsibility for your actions and inactions. So don't impose on yourself the consequences of the insults and verbal attacks.