Treason Trial: NIB should be commending me, not... – ACP Agordzo

ACP Agordzo also debunked alleged assertion that he had drafted a speech to be delivered after a successful coup.  

The Court heard that TAG’s demonstration was going to be peaceful, thus, he had even advised that a police permit be secured not to only notify, but also indicate the purpose, and number of persons embarking on the protest, and the need for police protection. 

The accused told the court that with almost 36 years’ experience in the Ghana Police Service, he had served as the Director of Operations and Director of Transformation from 2015 to 2018 and worked with some think tanks, research and media organisations on election security and political vigilantes among others where he did a lot of presentations on topical issues relating to security, election violence and political vigilantism. 

The Court heard that on November 8, 2018, whilst undergoing a United Nations (UN) Pre-Deployment Training Course in Entebbe in Uganda enroute to Haiti for UN appointment, he (Accused) received a WhatsApp message from Dr Frederick Mac Palm (now deceased).  

The court was told that the deceased had gotten his contact from one Bethoven, a policeman, during which their conversation recalled ACP Agordzo’s lecture at the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) in October 2018 and Mac-Palm (the deceased) lauded him for speaking truth to power. 

The court also heard that the deceased also mentioned Take Action Ghana (TAG), which according to him, was a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), he headed and enquired whether ACP Agordzo was interested in joining. 

“Another issue that came up for discussion between Dr Mac-Palm and I was whether we should have a TAG Security or TAG Police in the course of, which I used the expression start with a big bang, which has been twisted to fit into a predetermined fabricated agenda.”