The terrorist incident in neighboring Togo, which killed eight soldiers, should serve as a wake-up call to security forces in Ghana, according to the West Africa Center for Counter Extremism (WACCE).
The actions of such organizations closer to Ghana’s borders, according to the center, constitute a severe security concern to Ghana.
According to the West African Centre for Counter Extremism, Ghana is at a high risk of being attacked by terrorists as a result of long-running chieftaincy rivalries and socio-economic issues.
According to the center, Ghana has a variety of triggers that radicals might use.
Mutaru Mumuni Mugthar, the Executive Director of WACCE, told Citi News that more aggressive security measures are needed.
“We are more vulnerable than the public probably would see or acknowledge, and it is important that we shied away from pretending that we are so insulated from the threat of violent extremism.”
“It is important that we begin to speak in terms that reflect the actual reality we are facing and what we can all do to help prevent it from happening from our soil,” he said.
Eight soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo on Wednesday, according to the Togolese government.
This was the first deadly raid on its territory by Islamist militants, who have claimed thousands of lives in other West African countries like Mali and Burkina Faso.
According to reports, the attack by heavily armed gunmen took place before dawn at an army post in the Kpendjal prefecture near the border with Burkina Faso, the government said in a statement sourced by Reuters.
Some security analysts suspect the attack may have been the work of a local al-Qaeda affiliate that is based in Mali.
Source:Citinewsroom.com
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