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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Supreme Military 
                                              Council by section 2 of the 
                                              Preventive Custody Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              2) this Order is made this 31st 
                                              day of July, 1978.</span></p>
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                                              Authority for Arrest and 
                                              Detention.</span></p>
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                                              The Supreme Military Council 
                                              hereby authorises the arrest and 
                                              detention with effect from 14th 
                                              June, 1978 of RICHARD NANA GORDON, 
                                              being a person in respect of whom 
                                              the Council is satisfied that it 
                                              is in the interest of national 
                                              security so to do.</span></p>
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                                              LT.-GENERAL F. W. K. AKUFFO</span></p>
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                                              Chairman o the Supreme Military 
                                              Council</span></p>