3 South Africans arrested for acts likely to compromise national security

Three retired South African police officers have been picked up at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region for allegedly engaging in activities with national security implications.

The three — Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (retd), 54; Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe, 33, and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani, 45 — were picked up at the EL-Capitano Hotel where they had been based since arriving in the country at the beginning of this month.

They were said to be training some young men in various security drills, including unarmed combat, weapon handling, VIP protection techniques and rapid response manoeuvres.

Delta Force

Although the suspects had initially indicated that they were training the young men for the owner of the hotel, Captain Kwesi Acquah (retd), who is also the owner of Delta Force Security Company Limited, the leader of the group, Major Hazis, was reported to have told interrogators that they had been brought in by a retired military officer (name withheld) to train young men as body guards and a rapid response team for some politicians and political parties.

Highly placed security sources told the Daily Graphic that Hazis had also indicated that he was in Ghana in 2012 for similar purposes.

The sources said considering the heightened security alert, the suspects would be thoroughly interrogated.

They said a perusal of their passports also indicated that the visas issued to them were business visas.

“The visas did not entitle them to engage in any kind of contract or business as they were found to be engaged in,” one of the sources explained.

Profile of STL

The sources said when a search was conducted in their rooms, a comprehensive report on the operations of Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) was found in Hazis’ possession.

The STL is the company engaged by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the transmission of collated results to the EC during the 2012 general election.

They said the document contained a detailed profile of all the workers of STL, both past and present, and identified key staff members, assessing their strengths and vulnerabilities.

The sources said Hazis denied authoring the document but he could not explain where he got it from.

Investigations continue.