–But Questions Linger in Accra Barracks
He landed in Ottawa yesterday, May 20, diplomatic passport in his hand. But ask the soldiers at Burma Camp: how does a man who helped deliver the 2020 election for the NPP end up as a deputy ambassador for John Mahama?
Thomas Oppong‑Peprah was no bystander to Ghana’s disputed 2020 victory. Insiders say the then‑CDS was instrumental in securing that narrow win for Akufo‑Addo’s brutal NPP government. Yet by the run‑up to 2024, something had cracked. A bitter fallout.
A last‑minute defiance. When the NPP tried to divert the electoral tide, Oppong‑Peprah refused to play ball.
The reward? A posting to Canada and the quiet gratitude of a new administration.
But the barracks are not silent. A leaked dossier on this newspaper’s desk names fifteen properties, a UK holiday home, Dubai payments, and a fleet of bullet‑proof V8s.
Two details trouble senior officers most. First, the sale of the CDS’s official bungalow at Roman Ridge: who sanctioned it, and what share went to the General? Second, the armoured Lexus that he allegedly forced service chiefs to return when a late Omane began investigating.
Soldiers and officers now openly speak of a “corruption rift” splitting the military’s top ranks. Some junior ranks mutter about sudden riches Airport Hills mansions, a $1.4 million Ohio home for the first wife, monthly rents of $30,000 from a training college at Burma Camp. Others wonder which of his associates will break first.
Oppong‑Peprah has left the country. But the questions he flew away from are only growing louder.
Inside: The CDS bungalow deal, the armoured car scandal, and the network of officers who “know all his major deals.”