A security analyst with JatiKay Center for Human Security and Peace Building Adib Saani has said the purported agreement on the establishment of a United States Military base in Ghana could make Ghana susceptible to terrorists attacks, based on the center’s analysis of the trends of attacks in the West African subregion.
In a statement copied to MYNEWSGH.com, Mr Adib Saani, while acknowledging the clarification by the Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul, that the agreement is not for a Military base but a ‘Defense Cooperation Agreement’, Mr Adib Saani nevertheless underscored the ‘danger’ any US Military installation of whatever form in Ghana poses.
He said terrorists have increased their attacks on countries they believe are ‘collaborating’ with the United States in the fight against terrorism, and the stability of Ghana in a volatile West Africa where there have been attacks in Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso- in fact, two attacks in Ouagadougou- leaves Ghana at risk.
“Leaders of Terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Ansar Deen, Ansar Sharia have in recent years called on their followers to stage attacks against western targets and their “collaborators” in sub-Sahara Africa.” The statement said.
