Information we had was that officers numbering about thirty came in before 8am some entered the house, whilst others stayed within the compound of the residence which is at the end of a cul-de-sac with the gate placed at the entrance of the dead-end. At about 9:30 when I got there, there were about 12 police officers dressed not in the usual police uniforms, but a black, grey and white camouflage with hard shell helmets and bullet proof vests. Two of the officers wielding rifles were positioned at the main gate whilst the rest were in and around a Nissan Tacoma pick-up which was parked near the entrance in the company of about six plain clothed officers. I managed to speak briefly with one of the plain clothed operatives who told me they were there to protect him. At that point he declined further comment. Visitors were not allowed into the home. An elderly lady in her late fifties who told me Mrs. Poku was her junior sister was attempted to enter but was barred. Obviously, distraught by the sight of the armed officers at the gate of her brother in law and her inability to enter the house, the lady broke down. She was allowed to sit at the front of the house though. At 10am, the Minister of Information, Oboshie Sai-Cofie told Joy News the ex-minister was not under house arrest, but was being guarded, prior to a debriefing session he was to undergo later on in the day. She said it was the usual handover routine for people of his kind. As news of the siege went round, more journalists began to gather around the house, hungry for information. A little after 10am, some top brass from the military, the Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier J. B. Danquah arrived in a grey Nissan Patrol in the company of the Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. Arriving in separate vehicles, the two had some brief discussions with the security officers detailed to the house and drove into the house. Managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. one of two journalists who had made their way into the house at the early stage of the siege, emerged from the house in a BMW. He told me he had been informed by the top brass military officers that the officers would be ordered off the premises and that it was a minor misunderstanding. He said he never got to speak to Mr. Poku for all the time he was in the house, but that he saw him go about in the house. He was however worried for a daughter of the ex-minister who apparently he said had a cardiac situation brought on by a chemotherapy session. He dismissed suggestions by the Information Minister that the ex-minister was not under house arrest and that it was clear from the instructions given the security personnel on restriction movement in or out of the house that he was under some form of restriction. About 10:30am the officers who were guarding the house moved away. Some close family people who had been kept behind the gates were then allowed into the house. At 10:40am, the two four-wheel-drives that sent the military officers into the house emerged and drove off, led by a military dispatch rider. The Minister himself emerged at the main gate of the house for about 30 seconds in the company of some members of his family, during which he had some verbal exchanges with some of the policemen who were left in the house to the effect that he was not subject to the authority of the Inspector General of Police. At that point he was urged back into the house. A little later some more members of the family were allowed in after they were identified by the daughter of the former minister. Even though the security cordon outside the house had been removed, a few officers remained in the house to ensure movement in and out of the house was restricted to a need to enter basis. Littered outside the house, long after the departure of the main security detail were some members of the media who had mounted their own siege hungry for information. Editor's note: The earlier story on this matter has not been deleted as some readers' comments seem to suggest. A reader also sent in a comment claiming to be from JOY FM. Even though the comment is not from JOY FM, we have approved the comment in the spirit of fairness and a confirmation of our objectivity. This story is an account of the incident as witnessed by JOY FM reporter, Israel Laryea. The earlier story is still on this site.