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Seasoned Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr., says pictures of weapons that were circulated to the media did not come from the security operatives.

"The security did not put anything out in terms of pictorial. It was a deliberate and calculated agenda. It helped the agenda of promoting sinicism and skepticism; that there is no case and that it cannot amount to a coup," he said while speaking on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo'.

According to Kweku Baako, the pictures could have been circulated by one of the nurses in the health facility, Citadel.

Listen to Kweku Baako in the video below

Background

The government through the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Monday issued a statement detailing how a joint security operation of personnel drawn from Defence Intelligence, CID and Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), conducted a successful operation which led to the arrest of three persons and the retrieval of several arms, explosive devices and ammunition from locations in Accra and Bawaleshie near Dodowa.

The joint operation was to neutralize an elaborate plot targeted at the Presidency, and with the ultimate aim of destabilizing the country. The arrest and seizure come after fifteen (15) months of surveillance and gathering of evidence on the activities of the prime suspects and others.

The persons arrested are Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and his two accomplices – Mr. Ezor Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Mr. Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC).

The following items were retrieved as part of the operation: 5 x locally manufactured pistols with magazines fitted on, 1 x foreign pistol (Reg. No. PX154006) with 2 Xmagazines, 3 x locally manufactured pistol barrels, 3 x smoke grenades, 22 x Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 9 x 7.62mm NATO AK47 rounds, 2 x AK47 magazines, 1 x long Knife and 63 x 9mm NATO rounds