31st Dec coup started with 1 armoured car, don't joke with Jubilee House issue - Security Consultant tells Ghanaians

Budu Koomson a retired Army Captain and Security Consultant, says Ghanaians should not underestimate the persons involved in the attempted takeover of the Jubilee House.

His comments come on the back of social media commentary that seems to make fun of the weapons used in the attempted attack as well as the suspects involved.

There is currently a trend #CoupChallenge where persons are mimicking the attempted coup by posting pictures and videos of items and equipment which can't be used in a coup d'état.

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Mr Koomson speaking to Citi TV cautioned the public not to take the attempt to destabilize the country lightly.

“This quantity of revisions is not what we used to start the coup. I am telling you that the 31st [December] coup started with one armoured car and less than ten people. The coup attempt started with a few people. Just about seven guns so let us not underestimate what is happening.”

“Once the first round goes off, you cannot guarantee the ability to stop it. I lived through the 15th May attempt. I fought June 4 so I know how difficult it is even for the orchestrators themselves to control how things evolve. So let us give them the benefit of the doubt and see what comes out. I am not prepared to make a judgment,” he said.

Meanwhile, another security expert Adam Bonaa has laughed off the attempted coup and says the weapons the individuals had can't even hunt squirrels and rats.

He said it will be difficult for the whole of Ghana’s military to organise a coup, much less the few people caught at Alajo with those weapons.

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The government in a statement signed by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, personnel drawn from Defence Intelligence, CID and Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) conducted a successful operation which led to the arrest of three persons - Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and his two accomplices – Ezor Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC).