Carl Wilson Pulls Gun

The notorious Carl Wilson car empire has finally crumbled, as the man who made unpleasant headlines a few months ago was finally bundled to an unknown destination, possibly the National Security Council’s headquarters mostly referred to as Blue Gate, having been subdued in a fight.

He was bundled away in a three quarters shorts and a pair of trainers with yellow shirt, when he pulled a gun on security operatives yesterday at the Tema Port.

The scuffle took place at the Transit Terminal where he was seen writing numbers of gazetted cars. He arrived there in a Toyota Fortuner cross country car.

The security operatives at the Port’s confiscated car depot were recently ordered not to allow Carl Wilson access to the location, but he outwitted the men and women at the location and gained entry.

A female security operative was said to have challenged him but he verbally assaulted her, telling her, “Respect yourself!”

Upon entry, he continued with an inspection of some vehicles as though he was in his glorious days as Chairman of the Confiscated Vehicles Allocation Committee.

Word soon filtered to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA) security personnel, who together with a Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) official, stopped him in his tracks.

He resisted the challenge and at a point pulled a firearm, a P 38 pistol; but Warrant Officer (WO) Tetteh, a failed independent presidential hopeful from the National Security apparatus and on duty at the location, disarmed him, when he gave Carl Wilson a kick from the back.

The ensuing unarmed combat turned into a cynosure, with onlookers watching the unfolding drama with gaping mouths.

Carl Wilson claimed to have gone to the harbour over some vehicles whose documents he was processing before his removal.

A certain Abass from the National Security apparatus and others joined in forcing Carl Wilson into a vehicle but on the way, he tried once more to pull a firearm which was tucked in a portion of the car on which they were heading for the Blue Gate.

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE suggested that Abass gave Carl Wilson a beating before he was finally subdued and dragged into the car.

At the height of his empire, which sourced its power from Deputy Chief of Staff Alex Segbefia, Carl Wilson earned notoriety for usurping cars even when these were not supposed to be seized. In one instance, a certain Al Wahab, an NDC supporter who had his three cars seized under the authority of Carl Wilson, found the vehicles at the Castle washing bay, apparently reserved for some big men at the Office of the President.

Another victim of the Carl Wilson deals who is close to the corridors of power was said to have raised hell about the man’s deals at the harbour.

By this development, car-importing Ghanaians can heave a sigh of relief that the man whose authority could dispossess them of their vehicles with reckless abandon, has truly been relieved of his powers.

A hide-and-seek game featured in the presidential directive dismissing the man from the position he occupied earlier, as he still operated at the place as though nothing had happened, a development highlighted by the media.

It appears it was this intransigence which finally compelled government to turn the heat on the man it once held in high esteem.

Even President Atta Mills, under pressure to remove Carl Wilson from his post, did state that with no evidence against the man, he was not ready to pander to such requests; until a bunch of NDC activists took their anger to the leadership of the party and locked the party headquarters, demanding the dismissal of the leader of the car stealing brigade.

He was subsequently sacked as chairman of the Confiscated Vehicles Allocation Committee.

However, just after that, the National Security Coordinator, Lt. Col. Gbevlo-Lartey (rtd), was said to have put his weight behind Carl Wilson, vouching for his quality as one of his operatives.

Gbevlo said Carl Wilson is one of his operatives at the Port and therefore he should be left alone, necessitating his occasional visits to the Port city.

Many Ghanaians at the time questioned why the dismissed man still worked as a National Security operative as stated by Gbevlo-Lartey, considering it as a snub of the President’s order.