Allegations that the Ghana Police Service and Ghana Immigration Service were at odds over the whereabouts of roughly 48 accused terrorists have been rejected.

The publication was untrue and should be ignored, according to a statement jointly released and signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of Public Affairs, and Chief Superintendent of Immigration Micheal Amoako-Atta, Head of Public Affairs.

“The attention of the Police Service and Immigration Service has been drawn to a publication by the Ghanaian Times Newspaper – on the front page and page 12 – of Thursday, January 5, 2023, which story has also since been carried by other media houses alleging that there is a blame game between the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service over the whereabouts of some 48 alleged terrorists.”

It said that unlike what the Ghanaian Times Newspaper had "falsely claimed," no alleged terrorists had been detained by the Police or Immigration, and there was undoubtedly no blame-shifting between the two state security services.

In two separate operations at Ekyem, Achiase, and Akokoamong near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region in September 2022, the Police and Immigration detained 48 foreign people for engaging in illicit Network Marketing (QNET), according to the statement, per reports from the Ghana News Agency.

It stated that between September 26 and September 29, 2022, all 48 individuals were returned to their various home nations after being profiled in accordance with the two institutions' established operating protocols.

The statement advised the general public, in particular the media, to use caution when referring to "terrorists" and to refrain from doing so in a way that would incite unnecessary fear and panic in a peaceful country.

However, the statement stated that the two state security organizations would continue to cooperate and work together in order to fulfill their separate mandates for Ghana's benefit.