Panic over missing ammunition

There is a mounting sense of apprehension among state security officials and persons who have knowledge, about the apparent disappearance of six cases of ammunition imported from an unknown destination into the country through the Kotoka International Airport. The six cases were part of an original 133 case flown by air (identity of aircraft withheld for now) and cleared through AFGO. Sources say 127 cases were first flown and cleared leaving the six.

That an inspection by the Ghana Supply Commission revealed those six cases of the expected number could not be accounted for. The six however, eventually arrived, some retired officers of the Ghana army who apparently claimed to have been acting on authority cleared four.

The security sources wondered when their apparatus begun importing weapons, suggesting that it is only the defence ministry that should do the importation. Observers say the circumstances of importation suggests that the ammunition was not meant for neither the police nor the military with some hinting of sighting the moving of the “goods” to what appeared to be a private house on the Switchback road.

So far, there is no indication as to who could have been responsible for the loss of those six cases of ammunition but uneasiness are being betrayed in the wake of next year’s general elections and the spate of unbridled armed robbery.