The Director of Communication at the Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin has debunked claims that some security personnel have abandoned their duty post at the presidency over an alleged unfair treatment.

The reaction from Mr. Arhin follows a claim made by Mr. Charles Owusu that a total of seventy-seven (77) security personnel comprising soldiers and police officers have deserted their posts and returned to their various units.

Mr. Charles Owusu, who was speaking on Accra-based Peace FM on Friday, September 1, 2023, is reported to have said, “go to Jubilee House and see, the Police, Soldiers, and everyone is complaining. It got to a point where almost seventy-seven security personnel decided to leave Jubilee House and go back to their units… What type of treatment are you giving them?”

But the Director of Communications at the Presidency in a press statement has called on all Ghanaians to disregard the said claims emphasizing that no such thing has ever happened in the tenure of President Akufo-Addo.

“The Office of the President would like to put on record that at no point in the tenure of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, from 2017 till date, have seventy-seven security personnel left Jubilee House to their respective units,” parts of the statement read.

He further added that, “indeed, no security officer has left Jubilee House because of “unfair treatment” meted out to them at the seat of the presidency. Curiously, at no point in Mr. Owusu’s submissions did he provide any evidence whatsoever to buttress these false claims.

Eugene Arhin however clarified that any security officer who has his/her duty post at the Jubilee House has either been due to disciplinary reasons or as a result of a voluntary decision made by the security officer in question.

“We urge the public to disregard these false claims and treat them with the contempt they deserve,” he stressed.