THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) is continuing its investigation into an alleged plot to shoot President David Granger and according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, detectives are looking at “backward linkages.”

The plot was first reported on in April and while two persons were initially in custody, no one was officially arrested. Harmon told a post cabinet media briefing on Friday at the Ministry of the Presidency, that the investigation is still “live.”

“There have been some other what I call subsidiary investigations that are taking place and some others that will be taking place along the way. We do not take a threat on the life of His Excellency very lightly and therefore every area of concern will be addressed. If they are not a matter of a police investigation, they will be a matter of other investigations which will take place,” He told reporters.

The Minister of State explained that the President’s security team will have to ensure that proper arrangements are in place to safeguard the life of the President and his family.

“Our President is a very popular President. Anywhere he goes, people warmly greet him and hug him, either at home or in the diaspora…therefore it becomes a challenge for the security people to ensure that while our president is embraced by the people in Guyana or the diaspora, that they ensure they put clear security arrangements in place that will protect the President, that will protect his family, protect the Prime Minister, his family, protect the ministers; in fact protect the people of Guyana from extremism,” Harmon said.

In an interview on Nightly News in April, a man who claimed that he was approached to carry out the act spoke of a $7M bounty that was offered him to shoot at President Granger during one of his outreaches. The $7M it was said was offered by a prominent individual.