Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Monday, March 27 , 2017
National Security operatives have swung into action to
retrieve the V8 Toyota Land Cruiser in possession of popular movie actor John
Dumelo.
The operatives caught the actor, who was part of the failed
campaign to get John Mahama elected for a second time as president, with a
vehicle belonging to the state, and retrieved one of them from a spraying shop at
Abelemkpe, Accra, recently.
The second V8, ash in colour, which John Dumelo allegedly
claimed was in possession of his girlfriend, is currently being pursued by the
operatives, DAILY GUIDE learnt at the weekend.
Total
Denial
When news broke that one of the two V8 Toyota Land Cruisers
classified as missing from the pool of state vehicles had been retrieved from
John Dumelo at an auto mechanic’s shop, he allegedly took to Facebook, a social media platform, to
rubbish the publication, claiming that he bought the vehicle impounded by the
state.
He posted, “I have not granted any interview both private or
public to which I mentioned the name of the first lady for buying me a V8,”
although DAILY GUIDE insists that it contacted him on Thursday via
telephone and he said, “I wouldn’t like to comment about it.”
He continued, “I bought the vehicle myself; I never said it
anywhere that Madam Lordina bought it for me. I have in my entire NDC life met
her Excellency only once at a public event. Treat any publication that tries to
link my purchase of a V8 to the former first lady as trash.”
Cynical
Reaction
“Did I work at the flagstaff house or hold any political
appointment that entitled me to a state car? And I'm sure some people within
the NDC are rejoicing because of this false news,” he reacted cynically before signing
off with “Keep rejoicing...”
The vehicle retrieved at the spraying shop, with chassis
number JTMHVOJ2F4159829, 2015 model with full option, had been dismantled and
was going through re-modeling, including re-spraying - with parts allegedly
imported from Dubai.
When the operatives invited him to the garage, he reportedly
panicked before surrendering the expensive vehicle without any protest. The car
was subsequently driven to the Office of the President Annex, close to the
State House.
Tip-off
The operatives, upon a tip-off, swooped on the garage a
couple of weeks ago and got hold of the auto mechanic who told them that the
vehicle belonged to John Dumelo.
He was then telephoned to come to the garage and upon
arrival, Dumelo reportedly said initially that he bought the V8 from a car
dealer - Svani Company Limited - and claimed he was yet to complete the
payment.
The operatives then keyed the chassis number into a
centralized computer system but the results showed that the vehicle was
registered in the name of the National Security Secretariat, which is a property
of the Government of Ghana.
Sensing he was getting into trouble, he’s reported to have
quickly changed his story, claiming that it was the former first lady, Lordina
Mahama, who had given the V8 to him.
The security operatives immediately decided to cross-check
from the former first lady to ascertain the facts but the actor (Dumelo)
reportedly pleaded with them to stop and just take the vehicle away.
The operatives’ checks at Svani Motors along the Spintex
Road indicated that the company imported the vehicle for the National Security
Council Secretariat and that it (company) is one of the several auto dealers
used by the government to import vehicles for the state.
Free
Cars
DAILY
GUIDE sources say John Dumelo got two V8s from the erstwhile NDC
government, with his girlfriend driving one of them.
When he was asked to direct the operatives to the
whereabouts of the other vehicle, he allegedly pleaded with them to allow him
to travel to London and come back to produce it, saying by then the girlfriend
would have returned from a trip she had made with the ash V8 Land Cruiser.
As at press time yesterday, the second vehicle had not been
returned but Dumelo is claiming that he purchased the seized vehicle registered
GE 8118 –16.
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