“No terrorist is believed to have been arrested by the Ghana Police and Immigration Service, and there is certainly no blame game between the two state security agencies as claimed by the Ghanaian Times Newspaper,” the statement said.
The statement explained that about 48 foreign nationals were arrested by the Police and Immigration in two separate operations in Ekyem, Achiase and Akokoamong near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region in September 2022 for being involved in illegal Network Marketing (QNET).
However, all 48 suspects were profiled in accordance with the two institutions’ standard operating procedures and repatriated to their various countries of origin between September 26 and September 29, 2022.
The statement called on the public, especially the media, to be careful in using the term “terrorist” and to avoid using the word loosely and irresponsibly and, thus, creating unnecessary fear and panic in a peaceful society like Ghana.
The Ghanaian Times Newspaper in its front page publication on Thursday, January 5, 2023, stated that the two security agencies accused each other of responsibility for some of the alleged 48 missing terrorists.