Luck eluded two young men, who posed as operatives of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) at the Castle annex in Accra, as they were rounded up by the Gomoa Akyimpim police last week.
Rockson Theophilus Ankomah, a 32-year-old building contractor and one Alhaji Mohammed, 38, were reported to have disrupted an ongoing traditional council meeting of the Gomoa Traditional Area at Gomoa Akyempim last week.
The two men, who arrived at the meeting venue, reportedly took numbers of vehicles that had been parked at the car park without seeking permission from the authorities.
The chiefs, upon getting wind of the issue, came out to seek from Rockson and Alhaji why they were taken down the numbers of their vehicles without their prior knowledge.
But, Rockson and Alhaji bluntly told the chiefs, who were led by the Tuafohene of Gomoa Akyempim that they were BNI operatives from the Castle annex who had come there for a special purpose.
According to the police, the chiefs became suspicious and alerted the Gomoa Akyempim police when the two failed to produce their identity cards.
Rockson and Alhaji were later apprehended an arraigned before the Apam Magistrate Court and has since been remanded and asked to reappear on Thursday, June 3, 2010.
The presiding Judge, Justice Michael Wiafe, was however not happy with the conduct of the police officers who, according to the prosecution team, attempted to cover up for the two young men.
Justice Wiafe advised the police to desist from such acts since that could plunge the nation into chaos if people are encouraged to pose as security officials.
The presiding judge further bemoaned the practice where police officers teach criminals how to present their case in court in spite of their code of ethics.
However, Rockson and Alhaji have since been disowned by Castle annex and have urged the police to go ahead with the prosecution.
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