Bombshell! "I saw E.T.'s former bodyguard fire"!

The Chief Security Officer of the National Sports Council (NSC), W.O. II Seth Dwamena has told the Presidential Commission probing the Stadium disaster that the former bodyguard of Hon. E.T. Mensah, MP for Ningo Prampram, was involved in firing of teargas on to the spectators that resulted in the May 9 tragedy.

W.O. II Dwamena, according to a story in The Guide pointed out that even though he cannot identify him by name, if an identification parade is conducted, his identity can be recognised. Answering questions before the five-member commission chaired by Mr Sam Okudjeto, in Accra on Wednesday he said if proper and adequate security measures had been put in place, the magnitude of the death and injured could have been minimized.

According to W.O. II Dwamena, the Central Coordinating Committee (CCC) of the National Sports Council had requested that 10 unarmed security men be deployed at the north stands before the match.

However, the Chief Security Officer failed to implement this decision, which according to the commission, could have deterred the undisciplined spectators from breaking the plastic chairs.