Ghanaian Information ministry says security operatives had foiled a coup plot, and arrested the masterminds.
A statement posted on Twitter by Ghanaian government said the plot that was targeting the Presidency, had the ultimate aim of destabilising the country.
The statement added that government has been monitoring activities of the plotters for fifteen-months, concluding in the arrest of three plotters and seizure of weapons last Friday.
According to the Ghanaian government, a group known as Take Action Ghana, TAG was working to recruit and radicalise a base of young people against the political authorities, under the guise of nation-building.
The statement said it had arrested the group’s leaders, identified as Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu.
The group was plotting with serving
military officials procure weapons, take over key installations and secure
funding, with an aim of taking over government.
