The Ghana Armed Forces, GAF in a statement said the man arrested in a military uniform over robbery incident, which occurred at Buipe in Tamale is not a soldier.
A statement signed by the Acting Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Commander Andy La- Anyane said suspect is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces and expressed worry about the increasing spate of impersonation by civilians.
“The attention of the Ghana Armed Forces has been drawn to several videos and pictures on various social media platforms of the arrest of a car snatching syndicate at Buipe who are alleged to have attacked and snatched a car from a victim at Tamale. In the said videos and pictures, one of the suspects is seen wearing a military camouflage uniform and has been described variously as a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces.”
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“We wish to state categorically that the suspect is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces. The Armed Forces is worried about the rising spate of impersonation by civilians, either wearing military uniforms or posting of fake pictures of themselves as military officers to defraud unsuspecting Ghanaians.”
Commander Andy La- Anyane pinned the trend on the unauthorized sale of military uniforms and military pattern gadgets by some vendors, saying such action is inimical to national security.
The Ghana Armed Forces also assured of collaborating with the Ghana Police Service to unravel the source of the military uniforms in the incident and also stop the unauthorized sale of military uniforms across the country.