Editorial News of Monday, 5 February 2001

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NDC man quizzed over cars

The Ghanaian Times reports that the police on Friday stormed the company premises of the Deputy National Treasurer of the NDC, Baba Camara, to inquire about the ownership of 21 vehicles parked there.

"He was asked to produce documents covering the vehicles but he could not do so immediately," it stated, indicating that Camara asked to be given time to contact Japan Motors where he bought the vehicles on Monday and forward them to the police.

A high-ranking police source told the paper on Sunday that Camara claimed ownership of 15 of the vehicles, including Land Rovers, Nissan Patrols and Nivas. The remaining six, he said, belonged to other individuals.

One Nissan Pick-up had an NDC inscription, indicating that it belonged to the party. The source said that the police were acting on a tip-off that the vehicles were being kept by Baba Camara without lawful ownership and, therefore, proceeded to investigate the matter. It had acted promptly, fearing that the vehicles would vanish by next day if no investigations were instituted.