Bug in Veep's office
The Saturday Statesman , 20/01/2007
IDES to Vice President, Aliu Mahama, has dismissed a report in a
local newspaper that the Vice President has been bugged, according to
a report by VOA's Peter Clottey.
An article published in the Independent newspaper claims the
discovery of sophisticated bugging gadgets in the Vice President's
office at the castle in Osu.
Alhaji Mahama's supporters say the alleged report is a calculated
attempt to tarnish the solid reputation of the Vice President.
Yaw Asamoah, a special aide to Vice President, told Voice of America
that an investigation is underway about the alleged bugging of the office.
"Indeed the first time the Vice President's office got to know about
this was when the reporter called to inquire before the publication
and I did tell the reporter that we were completely unaware of any
such situation.
But then the report has come out that this alleged bugging is taking
place and we have subsequently referred it to the national security
to investigate the truth or otherwise," he said.
Mr Asamoah said the Vice President's office referred the alleged
bugging to the security agencies to find out who might be behind the
bugging or the rumour.
"It is a national security matter. Without establishing the truth or
otherwise of it we can't purport to speculate or even attempt to
speculate on the source or otherwise. But once we have a clear
credible source, and we know that it is indeed the truth or
otherwise, we can take subsequent steps," he said.
Mr Asamoah said the Vice President's office does not know who is
making the allegations about the bugging.
"For now, we would rather not want to move beyond the needed story
because so far as we are concerned the story is not true. Because we
are in that office and no such incident has happened, and it's being
alleged that it happened from the media. So the least we can do since
the office is a security zone is to have the proper security report
established. Beyond that at this stage, we would not speculate,"
Asamoah noted.
He said the minister for national security has been called upon to
begin the investigation into the alleged bugging.
"This morning by 10:00am, the minister of national security had
already moved to initiate the process of seeking the truth," he added.
Mr Asamoah said the Vice President's office would know what next to
do after the conclusion of the investigation.
"What next would depend on the results of the investigation. It could
well turn out to be a mere rumour. Because we really need to find out
the source and whether the equipment is there as the newspaper
alleges, if the office is swept with the appropriate equipment and
nothing is found, it means it ends there," he said.
Mr Asamoah said though the newspaper report is false, it had created
some panic in the country.
"The story creates the impression something has happened which has
set everybody off in a panic. But in reality I'm not privy to any
such thing having happened. The sources, whatever sources they are
would have to be more credible than at the moment, I believe," he said.
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