Lt. Col Isaac Amponsah
In the wake of terror attacks in neighbouring countries, the Command Operations Officer (COO) at the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces Lt. Col Isaac Amponsah has advised Ghanaians to be calm but alert.
He said although the Ghana Armed Forces is ready to fight any of attacks, they also rely on the citizenry for intelligence therefore Ghanaians must be alert in the kind of people they deal with.
Lt. Col Amponsah gave this advice in an interview with awakeafrica.com after the first batch of Infantry finished their part of ‘Exercise Starlight Stretch’ at the Bundase Military Training Camp.
He advised Ghanaians to be wary of people who preach extremist ideologies because that is the beginning of these terror attacks.
He also said if Ghanaians have neighbours who buy explosives and they know the kind of work they do, do not have any relations with explosives then they should alert the security agencies.
He also mentioned that Ghanaians should also be careful of people who acquire weapons.
Lt. Col Amponsah called on the appropriate security agents to ensure proper acquisition of weapons by the citizenry.
The stimulation exercise nicknamed ‘Exercise Starlight Stretch’ was held under the auspices of the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces and was held to protect Ghana’s territorial boundaries along the coast.
The exercise would be held for three infantry units of the Command with the One Infantry Battalion from Michel Camp as the first batch followed by the 2nd Infantry Battalion from Tarkoradi then the 5th Infantry Battalion from Burma Camp.
Each group would have two weeks in-house training and a week’s field training exercise.
The exercise was used to create cohesion between the young and old officers and also reorient the troops on the military tactics.
The scenario for ‘Exercise Starlight Stretch’ was the ‘fight’ between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire for the ownership of the oil discovered at Cape 3 Points in the Western Region.
