{"id":15679,"date":"2026-01-06T21:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15679"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:10:20","slug":"gis-vows-transparency-after-officers-arrest-in-ammunition-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15679","title":{"rendered":"GIS Vows Transparency After Officer&#8217;s Arrest in Ammunition Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Ghana-Immigration-Service-Copy-696x416-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Ghana-Immigration-Service-Copy-696x416-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Ghana-Immigration-Service-Copy-696x416-1-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of one of its officers, Assistant Immigration Control Officer I (AICO I) Ahmed Abdul Samad, in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation by the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the GIS, the officer was handed over to the Police by the Upper East Regional Command following a formal request to assist with investigations into his alleged involvement in the transportation of a large quantity of ammunition intercepted by authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Service assured the public that it will not shield any officer whose actions compromise public safety or the integrity and professionalism of the Ghana Immigration Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GIS further stated that it is fully cooperating with the Ghana Police Service to support the ongoing investigation and reaffirmed its commitment to national security, professionalism, and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Service added that appropriate action will be taken against any officer found culpable, in accordance with the law and established disciplinary procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-28.png 813w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-28-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-28-768x746.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of one of its officers, Assistant Immigration Control Officer I (AICO I) Ahmed Abdul Samad, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15682,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15679\/revisions\/15682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}