Ghana’s security forces have foiled “an elaborate plot” to target the presidency “with the ultimate aim of destabilising the country”, the information ministry says.
A joint security operation last Friday led to the arrest of three people and seizure of several weapons, its statement said.
One of those arrested included a local arms manufacturer.
The operation came after “15 months of surveillance and gathering of evidence on the activities of the prime suspects and others”.
Between June and August last year one of the suspects "contacted a number of serving military personnel, and talked to them into hatching and executing a plot to obtain weapons, take over key installations, and secure funding for the purpose of taking over the reins of government", the statement said.
Ghana is considered one of the more stable countries in West Africa since its transition to multi-party democracy in 1992, putting a succession of destabilising coups behind it.
President Nana Akufo-Addo won an election in December 2016, with incumbent John Mahama accepting defeat after a hotly contested race.
Source: BBC
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@ Aseii and people like him/her should know that this will make people assured of their safety. In that the gov is well alert and is not sleeping. NDC and EVIL people them will speak against the foiling. But discerning Ghanaians know those who are desperate for power to CREATE, LOOT & SHARE!
THE WEAPONS DISCOVERED FROM THE COUP PLOTTERS APPEAR TO BE TOO SIMPLE FOR A COUP. IT IS GOOD FOR ALL WHO CARE ABOUT GHANA TO KNOW THAT THE WEAPONS DISCOVERED MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO TAKE OVER GOVERNMENT, YET THEY CAN ENABLE THEM TO ATTACK THE GUARDS AT THE ARMOURY TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO MORE POWERFUL WEAPONS. NO CIVILIAN COUP PLOTTERS ACT ALONE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE IGNORANTT SOLDIERS TO USE, EXPLOITT AND DUMPP. HE ALSO ARGUED THAT ANY COUP AT THIS TIME WILL ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION. ONE MUST KNOW THAT COUP MAKERS DO NOT CARE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION. CONTEMPORARY COUP MAKERS LACK THE ABILITY TO THINK RIGHT AND MAY NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF THEM. MOST COUP MAKERS ARE EGOISTICC AND SELF ABSORBEDD. THEY DONT THINK AND ACT RIGHT BECAUSE THEY DONT SEE RIGHT TO JUDGE RIGHT. OFOSU AMPOFO STATEMENTS WERE NOT MADE IN A VACUUM. ANY GUN OR EXPLOSION IN THE HANDS OF NON-AUTHORISED PERSONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR THE GOOD OF ANY PEOPLE. THEY ARE ONLY USED TO COMMIT CRIME BY ATTACKING TO ROB PEOPLE OF THEIR LIVES, PROPERTY OR GOVERNMENT.
This is disgraceful. Why should the gov't be in the business of causing fear and panic. This will have a direct effect on FDI, if they know what that means. We should be serious in this country.