Three people are in police custody in Ghana for allegedly plotting a coup in the country.
Ghana: Doubt over coup attempt [The Morning Call]
According to the Ghanaian government, the incident had the ultimate aim of destabilising the country after 15 months of monitoring the suspects and those associated with them.
Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu had set up a group targeting young people. Known as ‘Take Action Ghana’, the aim of the group was to mobilise the youth for “nation-building”.
But in a government statement, it was aimed to recruit and radicalise a base of young people.
The news of the foiled coup came as a surprise to security analysts who say the the group lacked the weapons and mass movement required and also considering Ghana’s reputation as a stable democracy.
Ghanaians on the other hand are expressing their doubt at how serious the incident was.