Deputy Minister of Information, Mr Pius Enam Hadzide has urged Ghanaians to desist from mocking a recent announcement by government over the alleged plans by some three civilians.
According to him, the announcement was done after months of careful surveillance.

He therefore called on the general public to stop making fun of the situation as the suspects were working with some serving military personnel to destabilise the country and take over the government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Among the weapons retrieved from the three civilian suspects was a kitchen knife, which sparked a troll frenzy on social media with some Ghanaians posting memes to poke fun at the coup claim.

Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, owner of Citadel Hospital and his two accomplices – Mr Ezor Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Mr Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC) – were arrested on Friday, 20 September 2019 at Accra and Bawaleshie near Dodowa.

At a press conference on Thursday, 26 September 2019, Mr Hadzide said: “The government has put out enough information about surveillance, over a year’s surveillance on Dr Fredrick Yao Mac-Palm and his accomplices, who have been acting and plotting to cause insecurity and to also target the presidency”.

“Like has been announced, this has been sustained surveillance, including, sometimes, even video and audio recording and, so, we want to discourage, strongly, attempts by sections of our population, especially on  social media and even sometimes in traditional media by self-acclaimed security and intelligence experts to attempt to ridicule what information government has put out.

“This is a result of sustained surveillance and it is, indeed, true that the X-ray container at the Citadel Hospital belonging to Dr Mac-Palm had been turned into a weapon manufacturing facility. Several improvised explosive devices were manufactured there. It is true that chemicals were purchased from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for the manufacture of these devices. It is true that Dr Mac-Palm made contact with a gentleman who works at the base workshop at the Burma Camp often.”