The Member of Parliament for Akan Constituency in the Oti region, Yao Gomado, has accused the National Security Ministry of trying to cover up the death of two young men of the Akan constituency in the Oti Region.

In an interview on Joy FM’s Newsnight on Wednesday, December 27, the MP said the account of the National Security pertaining to what really happened, cannot be accurate.

“I think the National Security are just trying to cover up. They should bury their heads in shame ..,” he said.

The National security Ministry in a release issued on December 27, debunked claims of deliberately killing the two young men in the Akan constituency whom it claimed died when a motorbike they were riding collided with an operation vehicle. The statement described the MP's account that the boys were targeted for elimination as “grossly inaccurate and mischievously fabricated to satisfy a parochial agenda.”

According to them, on December 25, 2023, an anti-cocoa smuggling operation vehicle collided with a motorcycle, resulting in the deaths of two people.

The law maker stated that his attention was drawn to the incident following which he phoned the DCE to confirm the details. However, the DCE said he was not ready to talk.

Mr Gomado noted that after he was turned down, he reached out to an officer who had gone to investigate the accident scene and he narrated what transpired.

“He told me that the so-called National Security operatives were chasing a taxi suspected to be carrying cocoa on the Eastern corridor road getting to Koto-Nkwanta, their lights were off and they moved out from their lane to the opposite lane to cross the taxi, in so doing, they crashed with the two young men – footballers which resulted to their death,” he accounted.

According to him, he did not fabricate any information contrary to the claim by the National Security. He insisted that he reported on what he gathered of the misfortune.

He stated that he expected National Security to appreciate how the situation was handled and he called on the bereaved families to exercise patience. He assured that investigations would be conducted with the help of the government to bring justice.

“I don’t know what I said wrong …,” he added.