Koku Anyidoho, Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has accused the opposition New Patriotic Party of dealing with mercenaries in the country.

He said he is surprised by the importation of mercenaries by the NPP to come and destabilize the country.

Read more: 3 ex-SA police officers arrested in Ghana

His comment follows the arrest of three South African ex-police officers in the Central region over their alleged involvement in activities which could derail the security of the country by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

The trio arrested by the BNI are, 54-year-old Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (Rtd.), 39-year–old  WO/ Denver Dwayhe Naidu (Rtd.) and 45-year-old Captain Mlungiseleli Jokani (Rtd.), were picked up on Sunday March 20, 2016 at El Capitano Hotel in Agona Duakwa in the Central Region.

See also: Terrorist attack against Ghana imminent - National Security

The suspects according to BNI claim they are security management consultants, for one  Hazis who was part of the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo’s security detail during the 2012 elections.

BNI documents available to the media say "The trio, all ex-police officers were engaged in training fifteen  young men in various military drills, including unarmed combat, weapon handling, VIP protection techniques and rapid response maneuvers."

The BNI document stated that, "strangely, however, when the Police and BNI operatives went to the hotel to ascertain their mission they were refused entry by the trainees.  However, the security operatives finally entered the place and conducted a search on them.  Surprisingly, a comprehensive report on the operations of Superlock Technologies Ltd (STL) was found in the possession of Hazis.   The document contained a detailed profile of all the workers of STL, past and present and went on to identify key staff members, giving an assessment of their strengths and vulnerabilities with the view to possibly compromising them so as to get them commit acts that will tend to favour a particular party in the 2016 elections, using the STL security infrastructure.  Images of all workers of STL were also contained in the document."

But Koku Anyidoho speaking on Kasapa-FM said, "The NPP is now dealing with mercenaries because somebody wants power at all cost. It is very scary. They did it to Kwame Nkrumah and now want to do it again."

Read also: Ghanaians need to pay attention to terror attacks - Mahama

He said "If they were here in 2012, why were they not picked up? Their arrest means that the circumstances have changed this time around."

"Nobody should panic and nobody should be afraid. The elections will be conducted in a peaceful manner and a president will be crowned. Akufo-Addo cannot intimidate anybody," he added.

Read related: Ghana residents react to Ivory Coast terror attacks

However, the three South African ex-police officers are in the grips of the BNI assisting in further investigations.