At least 5,000 security officers will be deployed on January 7 during the swearing in of president-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential transition team revealed on Tuesday.
”…Our friends with National Security and the various security agencies are providing us with about 5,000 men and women drawn from the security agencies; military, police, national security etc.” Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the spokesperson of the New Patriotic Party side of the transition said.
He added that “access to the various circles will be strictly on accreditation basis and we ask people who are coming in to expect some form of screening in the light of the times that we find ourselves in, and to kindly cooperate with the security agencies during these exercises.”
Over 6,000 people are expected to grace the event at the Independence Square in Accra. The President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara will be the Special Guest of Honour at the inauguration of President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
