The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has refuted media reports suggesting that military personnel were deployed to the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to interfere with parliamentary proceedings during the Fifth Meeting of the Fourth Session on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
In a statement issued by the Director-General of Public Relations on Tuesday, GAF emphatically described the reports as "false" and urged the public to treat them with the utmost contempt. "Such misinformation among other things tarnishes the reputation of GAF," part of the statement read.
This comes after some military personnel were sighted at the AICC premises on Tuesday morning, where Parliament was holding its Fifth Meeting.
An earlier statement from Parliament indicated that the security personnel were present at the request of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, following remarks he made on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, October 17, 2024, where the Minority Leader had urged the Speaker to declare four parliamentary seats vacant.