The Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Seth Acheampong has asked the relevant state agencies to be very detailed in probing the alleged attempt by the three persons to destabilise the government.
The Mpraeso MP in a Citi News interview said the rule of law must be respected in the handling of the matter.
“I am not able to blame anybody conclusively because it is still a work in progress. Investigations are still ongoing. The people have been put before a law court. This is certainly a country governed by rule of law and for me, this is the procedure to follow and the path is on. Due process is up.”
The three suspects in the alleged attempted plot to destabilize the country have so far been charged with conspiracy to manufacture arms and ammunition without lawful authority.
Additional charges of possession of explosives and firearms without lawful authority and manufacture of firearms without lawful authority were also levelled against them.
The pleas of the three; Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu were however not taken by the court.
A joint security operation last Friday led to the arrest of the three suspects after a raid on the Citadel Hospital which Dr. Mac-Palm manages.
Following that, on Monday, the government revealed that the raid foiled a plot targetted at the presidency “with the ultimate aim of destabilising the country.”
The government subsequently came out to say that three military personnel have also been arrested.
The operation followed 15 months of surveillance and gathering of evidence on the activities of the suspects.
The lawyer for the three, Victor Adawudu, has also said his clients have denied the allegations levelled against them.
He reported that his clients knew nothing about the weapons found after a raid at the Citadel Hospital last Friday.