[ 2017-03-24 ]

John Dumelo caught with state car
National Security operatives have caught popular
movie actor John Dumelo with a vehicle belonging
to the state and retrieved it from a spraying
shop.

Dumelo was allegedly attempting to conceal the
identity of the black V8 Toyota Land Cruiser with
registration GE 8118 –16 when the operatives
pounced on it at a garage at Abelemkpe in Accra
where it had purportedly been sent for
re-spraying.

The vehicle, with chassis number JTMHVOJ2F4159829,
2015 model with full option, has been parked at
the Office of the President Annex for almost one
month.

When the operatives invited him to the garage, he
reportedly panicked and shook like rain-beaten
chick, before surrendering the expensive vehicle
without any protest.

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, he’s reported to have first said
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 in 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 former First Lady Lordina
Mahama who had given the V8 to him.

The security operatives immediately decided to
crosscheck from the 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 the company is one of the
several auto dealers used by the government to
import vehicles for the state.

When the security personnel got to the garage, the
vehicle had been dismantled and was going through
re-modeling, including re-spraying – with parts
allegedly imported from Dubai.

John Dumelo was said to have brought some spare
parts from Dubai to enhance the looks of the
vehicle.

DAILY GUIDE sources say he reportedly got two V8s
from the 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 pleaded with
them to allow him to travel to London and return
to produce it.

According to sources, Dumelo had released the
other V8 which is believed to be ash in colour to
his girlfriend who is currently using it. He told
the operatives that he was going to return it
after the girlfriend had returned from a trip she
had used it for. As at press time yesterday, the
second vehicle had not been returned.

Dumelo’s Reaction

When he was reached via telephone for his comments
yesterday, John Dumelo said, “I wouldn’t like
to comment about it.”

In 2012, he appeared subtly in the NDC campaign
that saw Mr. Mahama winning the election in a
controversial fashion following the sudden death
of President John Evans Atta Mills.

He was very active during the 2016 election which
sent the NDC packing into opposition; he was seen
on several platforms campaigning for the party
prior to the poll.

He was reportedly appointed operations director
for ‘Agenda For Mahama’ – a pro-NDC youth
group – and was given unfettered access to the
various senior high schools (SHS) to campaign for
President Mahama, although the NDC government had
made it look as if he was on tour to campaign for
a peaceful election.

De-Facto Youth Leader

At a point the NDC turned John Dumelo into a
de-facto NDC National Youth Organizer and was made
to speak at party programmes even after people
like the founder, Jerry John Rawlings, had
addressed the crowd.

He emphatically stated that then NPP flag bearer
and now president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,
could never be president because Mr. Mahama was
going to retain power.

One of his Twitter followers asked him
,“@johndumelo1 what do you think about nana addo
becoming the president of Ghana?” and this was
John’s response:

“I have nothing against Nana Addo, but I only
see one person being sworn in come January 2017
and it’s not him (Nana).”

Missing Vehicles

Last week, J. Ayikoi Otoo who was the Chairman of
the Asset and Vehicles Committee for the NPP’s
side of the transition team, confirmed that about
234 vehicles out of the list of over 700 vehicles
presented to the NPP government by the opposition
NDC were missing.

“We were able to identify 67 vehicles not
listed, and so if you deduct the 67 vehicles from
the 301 missing vehicles, we still have 234
vehicles that could not be accounted for so the
figure that came from Mr. Arhin’s office is
correct, and if they want me as the Chair to
confirm, I am confirming, and I am saying the
figure is over 200,” he told the presidential
press corps.

Source - dailyguideafrica.com

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