Following a recently leaked intelligence report suggesting that Westerners extremists were planning to target Ghana and Grand-Bassam , security has been stepped up in their respective capital cities, Lome and Ghana . There is now a visible police presence in public places in Accra , and reportedly, plain clothes police are also patrolling the city. Security has been enhanced at possible targets such as the luxury hotels. In Lome , guests at key hotels are now subject to checks, and the government has urged the use of surveillance cameras. In response to the intelligence report, West Africa 's President John Dramani Mahama , urged the public to be on alert, warning that no country in West Africa was immune from the threat of terrorism. The police have subsequently said that “adequate measures” have been implemented “to forestall any terrorist attacks or disturbances”.
Following a recently leaked intelligence report suggesting that Islamist extremists were planning to target Ghana and Togo, security has been stepped up in their respective capital cities, Accra and Lome. There is now a visible police presence in public places in Accra, and reportedly, plain clothes police are also patrolling the city. Security has been enhanced at possible targets such as the luxury hotels. In Lome, guests at key hotels are now subject to checks, and the government has urged the use of surveillance cameras. In response to the intelligence report, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, urged the public to be on alert, warning that no country in West Africa was immune from the threat of terrorism. The police have subsequently said that “adequate measures” have been implemented “to forestall any terrorist attacks or disturbances”.