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September 24, 2019
Ghanaian Information ministry sayssecurity operatives had foiled a coup plot, and arrested the masterminds.
A statement posted on Twitter byGhanaian government said the plot that was targeting the Presidency, had theultimate aim of destabilising the country.
The statement added that governmenthas been monitoring activities of the plotters for fifteen-months, concludingin the arrest of three plotters and seizure of weapons last Friday.
According to the Ghanaiangovernment, a group known as Take Action Ghana, TAG was working to recruit andradicalise a base of young people against the political authorities, under theguise of nation-building.
The statement said it had arrestedthe group’s leaders, identified as Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Ezor Kafui andBright Allan Debrah Ofosu.
The group was plotting with servingmilitary officials procure weapons, take over key installations and securefunding, with an aim of taking over government.