Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information says there are some Ghanaians among the extremist group so “we shouldn’t only look out for only foreigners.”
Mr Nkrumah said Government had put security and intelligence agencies on increased awareness following the rising number of terror threats and attacks in the region.
According to him, intelligence reports indicate the possible recruitment of Ghanaians by some terrorist groups in the West African Sub-region.
He said the Ministry of National Security had authorised an increased level of awareness among the intelligence community and sought to deepen engagement with the Ghanaian public in line with contemporary security practices.
“There’re some Ghanaians involved so be vigilant and don’t look out for only foreigners,” he told Kwami Sefa Kayi in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo‘.
‘Close To Us Now Than Ever Before’
According to the Information Minister, Ghana may be a target for the extremist group because of our gold resource and our proximity to the sea and that everyone needed to be more observant and vigilant about the country’s security ecosystem.
He thus appealed to the citizenry to be on the look-out for suspicious characters and activities and notify the security agencies or local community leaders.
“It’s very close to us now than ever before…they take advantage of existing fault lines so we need to be united and extremely vigilant and report suspicious characters and activities to security agencies,” he urged.
