Government has been accused of failing to gather intelligence on the recent secessionist resurgence.
However, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed that but for the intelligence of the nation’s security apparatus, the Western Togoland Sucessionists Group would have kidnapped government officials and blew up dams.
According to him, these plans were foiled due to the smartness and proactive intervention of the security agencies.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’ disclosed that the security agencies had intelligence that the group wanted to kidnap some Ministers in the Volta Region but that was thwarted.
“It’s never true there was an intelligence failure . . . dams, markets, bridges they wanted to blow up and burn, the kidnapping of Ministers from the volta region were all privy to the security agencies and were able to avert them . . . The first imminent set of threat has been dealt with but there are still some outstanding threats and the security agencies are working hard to bring sanity,” he said.
He further assured that the security agencies will stop these activities once and for all and also condemned the politicisation of the issue saying, “it’s unfortunate some are trying to bring politics in this issue because it’s about the safety of this nation.”
Source: GhanaFeed.Com