Amoateng’s family angry with security agencies

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CHA 11 years ago

Thieves - get rich quick

Thieves - get rich quick
Kojo T 11 years ago

Ghanaians need to separate out crime from emotion. Sure we LOVE our relatives and should be there for them BUT if they are involved in CRIME then we should think 2x about what we say and do

Ghanaians need to separate out crime from emotion. Sure we LOVE our relatives and should be there for them BUT if they are involved in CRIME then we should think 2x about what we say and do
KOLA,LONDON MAIN PROPER 11 years ago

With such disdain and impudence from the family, they are said to be angry with the Police. What impundence and shamelessnes?

With such disdain and impudence from the family, they are said to be angry with the Police. What impundence and shamelessnes?
Gye Nyame 11 years ago

Why are we wasting news time on this drug dealer. I wonder how the Ghana side missed the drugs for him to go disgrace Ghana in the US. It is a BIG shame for the NPP party and also his family members. The anger should go to Am ...
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Why are we wasting news time on this drug dealer. I wonder how the Ghana side missed the drugs for him to go disgrace Ghana in the US. It is a BIG shame for the NPP party and also his family members. The anger should go to Amoateng and not the security agencies.
The Mask 11 years ago

Rape cases are on the increase in Ghana. Judges and WAJU of the Ghana police force must do more to protect our society. Some people have become so notorious of raping and getting away with it. Many believe that it is a weapon ...
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Rape cases are on the increase in Ghana. Judges and WAJU of the Ghana police force must do more to protect our society. Some people have become so notorious of raping and getting away with it. Many believe that it is a weapon capable of scarring individuals to the very soul and seize the least opportunity to use it; using it on the families of their political or business competitors. Not even those at the higher echelons of our society must get away with it. It is said that a man paid a student to rape the daughter of his business and political competitor.

The number of court houses and judges in Ghana are inadequate especially in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The population has ballooned and changes have to be made. The same can be said of the number of police officers and the number of penitentiaries. On a visit to a number of court houses around the country I found the Ghana flag and the Ghana Coat of Arms (Seal) absent. This must change.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

something is missing

something is missing
JK 11 years ago

Look at what it has done to him.
A fraudulent way of acquiring a passport?

Look at what it has done to him.
A fraudulent way of acquiring a passport?
Maame Grace. 11 years ago

For your information the USA authorities will not have removed him without the help of the embassy in USA issuing the passport so if there is a problem with the passport the blame should be at the door step of the embassy.

For your information the USA authorities will not have removed him without the help of the embassy in USA issuing the passport so if there is a problem with the passport the blame should be at the door step of the embassy.
walid 11 years ago

GHANA POLICE ARE ARM ROBBERS AND BRIBE TAKERS UNEDUCATED FOOLS CANOT BE TRUSTED THEY NEED TO RELLESE THIS MAN IMMD GHANA POLICE ARE LAWSLESS
FOOLS AND WE ALL KNOW IT

GHANA POLICE ARE ARM ROBBERS AND BRIBE TAKERS UNEDUCATED FOOLS CANOT BE TRUSTED THEY NEED TO RELLESE THIS MAN IMMD GHANA POLICE ARE LAWSLESS
FOOLS AND WE ALL KNOW IT
Nyansasem? 11 years ago

Forget about a lady's passport and ask yourself these questions?

1- When was Amoateng arrested?- 2005

2- Which passport did he use to travel at that time? At first, they said it was diplomatic passport?

3- Did the US ...
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Forget about a lady's passport and ask yourself these questions?

1- When was Amoateng arrested?- 2005

2- Which passport did he use to travel at that time? At first, they said it was diplomatic passport?

3- Did the US take that passport from him? You betcha.

4- Why would Amoateng want a new passport knowing that he wouldn't be out until 2014 or 2015?

5- Where was this passport kept, in PRISON all this time?

6- Don't believe that Amoateng was released in America. He was still in prison. So the next question is, when the came for them to deport him, they did try to use the old passport or asked him whether he has a new one?

7- Note that on question 6, that would the most stupid thing the State Dept would do in the USA. They were holding onto his passport and they knew whether that had expire or not. If it had not expire, that would be the one they would use. If it had expire the onus is on them to provide a traveling certificate for them to use it to deport him.

8- So based on the report here, are they telling us that, Amoateng gave the state dept this passport to be used to deport him?

9- NOte that those who are about to be deported are not the ones that keep their traveling documents. The State department officials that are traveling with the deportee are the ones holding the documents. They hold on to these documents until they release the deportee to the officials at his home country.

10- The next question would be, did US official carried this "fake" passport with them and handed it to Ghana officials?

11. At what time did they realize that the passport that US official gave them was fake?

Kofi, no intelligent being would believe what these people are saying?

Obiba 11 years ago

Every single property of this asshole should be confiscated.

Every single property of this asshole should be confiscated.
Kwajo Sei 11 years ago

Running comments on every piece of news is not democracy. What do you want to say any way? Is he genuinely in custody for the crimes being leveled against him? Then no need to say anything. The family members should have know ...
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Running comments on every piece of news is not democracy. What do you want to say any way? Is he genuinely in custody for the crimes being leveled against him? Then no need to say anything. The family members should have know that their man is a states property until further notice. They were expecting him as if he was from Nsawam P? Joke! Until you find trouble then you value freedom.
ISSIFU AMIDINI 11 years ago

Mr Amoateng family can't never be angry with the security agencies who are legimately doing their duty as expected of them. If they are not please with what the security agencies, the only solution for them is to go to law co ...
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Mr Amoateng family can't never be angry with the security agencies who are legimately doing their duty as expected of them. If they are not please with what the security agencies, the only solution for them is to go to law court.
KOFI 11 years ago

ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED, COCAINE FAMILY, SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME

ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED, COCAINE FAMILY, SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
Ugly Akufo Addo 11 years ago

They must jail him

They must jail him
Nzema K 11 years ago

Does Amoateng have any moral upbringing to transfer to his children by example. Everything about this man is about thievery and cutting corners.

Does Amoateng have any moral upbringing to transfer to his children by example. Everything about this man is about thievery and cutting corners.
AKONFEM MAHAMA 11 years ago

KAWSEAPANII MAHAMA IS NUMBER ONE BIG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,WOYOME,SADA,GYEEDA,TREES,AKONFEM MAHAMA,HE STOLED GHANA GOLD 1,5 TONGS TO IRIAN,BOUGTH JET,ISOFOTON,WATERVILLE,WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY???? NDC MAHAMA CNN DOG BOYS ...
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KAWSEAPANII MAHAMA IS NUMBER ONE BIG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,WOYOME,SADA,GYEEDA,TREES,AKONFEM MAHAMA,HE STOLED GHANA GOLD 1,5 TONGS TO IRIAN,BOUGTH JET,ISOFOTON,WATERVILLE,WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY???? NDC MAHAMA CNN DOG BOYS ARE ALL FOOOOOOOOOOOLS
Abraham 11 years ago

I can´t blame you for unproductive comments,your English Sound Ridiculous u Need to back in School or ask your parents for forgiveness because is very sad to own such human in Family.

I can´t blame you for unproductive comments,your English Sound Ridiculous u Need to back in School or ask your parents for forgiveness because is very sad to own such human in Family.
AKONFEM MAHAMA BAD LUCK 11 years ago

LEAVE THE MAN ALONE,NKWASEAFUO NDC,CRIMINALS,KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,NOW SINKING,COLLAPSING GHANA,MMOA

LEAVE THE MAN ALONE,NKWASEAFUO NDC,CRIMINALS,KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,NOW SINKING,COLLAPSING GHANA,MMOA
KWAME-BELGIUM 11 years ago

Xhat is wrong with JUSTICE? You people use everything in Ghana today as politics. The guy is a criminal so why all these uselesses about?

Xhat is wrong with JUSTICE? You people use everything in Ghana today as politics. The guy is a criminal so why all these uselesses about?

sam. 11 years ago

i dont understand the whole thing going on around this man'S PASSPORT.FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN prison he could not go out and get a passport for himself.what happens is the governement of the country he is serving the prison se ...
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i dont understand the whole thing going on around this man'S PASSPORT.FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN prison he could not go out and get a passport for himself.what happens is the governement of the country he is serving the prison sentence in will laiase with the embassy of the nationality of the prisoner in order to get him a passport so that he can be deported.Him obtaining passport fraudulently is not clear and the BNI must come out and explain to Ghanaians.
walid 11 years ago

RELLESE THIS MAN IMMD OR SOON YOU WILL FACE THE FURY OF GHANA FALKS.
THIS MAN IS NOT QUILTY OF ANYTHING UNLESS AND UNTIL HE WAS PROVEN QUILTY ONLY IN A COURT OF LAW BASE ON HARD EVIDENCE AND PROOF NOT HEARSAY AND LIES OF GH ...
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RELLESE THIS MAN IMMD OR SOON YOU WILL FACE THE FURY OF GHANA FALKS.
THIS MAN IS NOT QUILTY OF ANYTHING UNLESS AND UNTIL HE WAS PROVEN QUILTY ONLY IN A COURT OF LAW BASE ON HARD EVIDENCE AND PROOF NOT HEARSAY AND LIES OF GHANA POLICE CRIMINALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HEADLINES RATHER THEN FIGHT REAL CRIME IN GHANA THAT THE CRIME RATE IS OUT OF CONTROL.LEAVE THIS MAN A LONE GHANA POLICE YOU GOT ZERO SUPPORT HERE
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

While the Security Agencies in Ghana may well be within their legal bounds to interrogate Mr. Amoateng on his return, many of his sympathizers think he has suffered enough with the 10-year Jail-term in the USA to be allowed t ...
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While the Security Agencies in Ghana may well be within their legal bounds to interrogate Mr. Amoateng on his return, many of his sympathizers think he has suffered enough with the 10-year Jail-term in the USA to be allowed to walk free at home.

If it were not for the new case cited with his acquisition of Passport, I would have added my voice to those of his sympathizers that he be let alone. If he acquired the Passport illegally, the Security Agencies might have some justification to question him.

However, what constitutes an illegal acquisition of a Ghanaian Passport by a thoroughbred Ghanaian in his/her own real name and with the correct personal data, if all applicable fees were paid and the Passport was not manufactured in someone's backyard but at the same source as is legally expected?

In fact, the guy had to come back home somehow, and the Government might not have sought to help him acquire the necessary documents to do so. So, what could he have done to fly back home? He could not board a Plane without a Passport, obviously.

Besides, couldn't we ask if the Security Agencies are peeved because Amoateng succeeded to beat their system to smuggle the Heroine out, only to be caught by the USA Agencies in the USA? Do they feel like he exposed their professional incompetence versus their better performing couterparts in the USA? or, they just want to learn how he skillfully evaded them to enable them better tighten the gaps?

If the Security Agencies are questioning him to learn of his skills in hiding stuff, that is all well and good and they should let him go after that lesson. But if they are holding him because of the Passport, they must have some empathy for the guy and understand his circumstances under which he had to find a Passport to travel home, and pardon him to go have some rest.

Either way, I hope there are no ulterior political motives behind his further detention.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Ewurade Kasa 11 years ago

Mr G K Berko. Your post is informative and I understand where you are coming from. I want to disagree with you respectively. First, while EVERYONE will agree that he needed a passport to return to Ghana, you ought to stop mak ...
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Mr G K Berko. Your post is informative and I understand where you are coming from. I want to disagree with you respectively. First, while EVERYONE will agree that he needed a passport to return to Ghana, you ought to stop making the false assumption that Mr Amoateng had applied for passport and had been denied. Nowhere in the article was it mentioned that he applied for a Ghanaian passport and was denied. In fact this case his huge and prior to his deportation to Ghana, the US officials would ALMOST CERTAINLY ASK him if he had means of leaving the US, and he said YES. The only reason he used a backdoor passport is that he wanted to sneak into the country as a hero instead of a vilian. This was a high profile case and all he nad to do was to call the Ghana embassy to arrange for a passport. If that was done and the Ghana embassy in the US provided the passport, he would never had been accused of a fraudulent passport deal.
Maame Grace. 11 years ago

Dont just assume there is no way he would have been realsed without a passport. He wouldnt have handled the passport himslf until he got on the plane so please stop your ignoranc and think as an intelligent guy. He is a crimi ...
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Dont just assume there is no way he would have been realsed without a passport. He wouldnt have handled the passport himslf until he got on the plane so please stop your ignoranc and think as an intelligent guy. He is a criminal a dru deal and that is a fact but the passport case is totally a different case and it shouls be handled as such.
afua 11 years ago

How can such a criminal like amoateng be make loose, from one criminal activity to the other, i think good deeds are not in his blood.It is a shame for the family and Ghana as a whole, i pit the sort of family he comes from, ...
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How can such a criminal like amoateng be make loose, from one criminal activity to the other, i think good deeds are not in his blood.It is a shame for the family and Ghana as a whole, i pit the sort of family he comes from, ask for God forgiveness and bow in shame
Osei Ameyaw Kuntunkununku 11 years ago

Eric Amoateng is out but may be his criminal demeanor remains. If he got his passport through fraudulent paper work then he is still a dangerous drug baron.Party fanaticism must be separated from crime related issues whether ...
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Eric Amoateng is out but may be his criminal demeanor remains. If he got his passport through fraudulent paper work then he is still a dangerous drug baron.Party fanaticism must be separated from crime related issues whether he belongs to NDC, NPP or whatever party. Crime and emotionalism should be separated!!I can understand his philanthropic leanings,but a generous criminal is still a criminal.He should face the consequences of his actions. He may be now a hardened drug baron ready to help the NPP who see no problem just because he is a die-hard NPP financier!!I do not support any Ghanaian party currently because it seems Africans are incapable of ruling themselves!!
Yaw 11 years ago

Who cares?

Who cares?
BB 11 years ago

This is what they know best! Do drugs and get rich in no time then boast thus: We Akans are hard working. In other words all non Akans in Ghana are lazy. What a peole!

This is what they know best! Do drugs and get rich in no time then boast thus: We Akans are hard working. In other words all non Akans in Ghana are lazy. What a peole!
DR KUFFOUR 11 years ago

What family? Where were they when he was in the Americans hands? Which of them came out to stand by him? Fools and greedy barstards. Is it bcos he is now in Ghanaians hands, you are now making noise?

What family? Where were they when he was in the Americans hands? Which of them came out to stand by him? Fools and greedy barstards. Is it bcos he is now in Ghanaians hands, you are now making noise?

Nii Lartey Lartey 11 years ago

What does this family take Ghanaians for? This irresponsible family members can go to burn the sea. They can bucket and bath if they disagree with the law of the State. Ghana would not trade our laws for an, irresponsible dru ...
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What does this family take Ghanaians for? This irresponsible family members can go to burn the sea. They can bucket and bath if they disagree with the law of the State. Ghana would not trade our laws for an, irresponsible drug dealer whose, action has brought the country into disrepute and international disrespect for Ghanaian citizens. Does the family really understand the seriousness of Amoateng' action? The risk he poses to our communities and the 'get rich quicker by whatever means' mentality? Loed have mercy.
ITALIAN BURGER 11 years ago

surely Amoateng should be arrested and questioned including the custom officers in duty during the time he was boarding the flight to the US with 136 lbs of heroin

surely Amoateng should be arrested and questioned including the custom officers in duty during the time he was boarding the flight to the US with 136 lbs of heroin
Kobo 11 years ago

Amoateng's family can be angry all they like...this man is dealing in drugs to destroy other people's family...think about that!!!

Amoateng's family can be angry all they like...this man is dealing in drugs to destroy other people's family...think about that!!!
Nana Yaw 11 years ago

Why is the media wasting our time with this piece of news? Amoateng, a disgraced politician and Ghanaian, after having being caught peddling in drugs, was jailed and has been released/deported to his land of birth. He is a di ...
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Why is the media wasting our time with this piece of news? Amoateng, a disgraced politician and Ghanaian, after having being caught peddling in drugs, was jailed and has been released/deported to his land of birth. He is a disgrace to the NPP, and Ghana as a whole. He should not be making headlines. Those who were at the airport to welcome him, must be ashamed of themselves. Since when do we celebrate criminals and drug peddlers?? His family should be ashamed of themselves. My advice to them - stay out of the limelight and keep a low profile. We are fed up with the likes of Amoateng! Enough.
Thank you!
DENTETX 11 years ago

THE LAW HAS TO TAKE ITS COURSE. THIS GUY
HAD USED FRAUDULENT MEANS TO OBTAIN A PASSPORT AND HAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
SO WHATS THE DEAL WITH THE FAMILY? FAMILY CAN GO TO COURT TO TRY TO DEFEND HIM

THE LAW HAS TO TAKE ITS COURSE. THIS GUY
HAD USED FRAUDULENT MEANS TO OBTAIN A PASSPORT AND HAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
SO WHATS THE DEAL WITH THE FAMILY? FAMILY CAN GO TO COURT TO TRY TO DEFEND HIM
DZATANUU 11 years ago

NPP is ready to embracethe one of their Finacier.>This is 'NEW GHANA' the law of the land would be enforced to the fullest,.To NPP memebers,Kuffour is no longer in office[REMINDER

NPP is ready to embracethe one of their Finacier.>This is 'NEW GHANA' the law of the land would be enforced to the fullest,.To NPP memebers,Kuffour is no longer in office[REMINDER
k.k 11 years ago

amoatengs case is OK.

amoatengs case is OK.

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