Suspicious aircraft lands in Paga, sparking security concerns

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  • Traore. Watch out 5 days ago

    Fishy and dangerous

  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 5 days ago

    Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
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  • EMP 5 days ago

    Repent and stop your attacks against Islam..

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 5 days ago

    GHANA ARMY/AIR FORCE VERY, VERY WEAK.

  • Karikakchar 5 days ago

    If the report is what it is then there's only on agency to speak to, obviously the regional police commander who issued the instructions not to unterfere with the movements of the aircraft

  • TRUMP IS COMING TO CATCH MAHAMA 5 days ago

    They will take him and his wife into custody like they did to Nicholas Maduro.

  • TRUTH 5 days ago

    SINCE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY HAVE NO ANSWERS TO HOW THAT AIRCRAFT LANDED REPEATEDLY NOT ONCE OR TWICE. THE INDIGENES SHOULD ORGANIZE THEMSELVES INTO VIGILANTES GROUP AND IMMOBILIZE THE PLANE. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS OF KILLING ...
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  • Fromtomfrom 4 days ago

    Kotakaist NDC (opposite of Nkrumahist) is playing a double-game. Pretending to be friends with Burkina while collaborating with AFRICOM in their surveillance and subversion of brother country Burkina.

  • Kwasi Addai 5 days ago

    This is a childish display by our Security agencies. The aircraft is not a helicopter to fly vertically, why didn’t they block the strip and call in for more Security officers to support you. The Interior and Defence Minist ...
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  • UNCLE PEE 5 days ago

    It was cleared by higher authorities. Read it again.

  • Eric Mensah 5 days ago

    What did Dominic Nitiwul tell us about details of Akufo Monkey Addo's chartered air travels? Didn't that guinea fowl tell us that it was a national security issue? What has changed?

  • Curf 5 days ago

    You guys foolishly politicize everything they resident’s of the area are suspecting the aircraft of landing out there without clearance which predisposes our country to influxes of insecurity issues and you’re here foolis ...
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  • Cole 5 days ago

    So the residents know more about security than the police commander?
    Remember around same time 17 Burkina soldier were arrested one hour from Paga in Sissala East District. Thy were mounting sandbags in a forest to handle i ...
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  • Mus 5 days ago

    But the aircraft is not from Burkina. They don't know anything about it. It flew from a Naval Carrier off the coast of ECOWAS. Did you see those 17 soldiers near the plane?

  • Kwasi 5 days ago

    @Cole. Do you chase insurgents into some else’s territory without permission? Is that allowed? Please explain.

  • Nene Nannor 5 days ago

    Eric Mensah so must you be a fool always and display your stupidity in public. This had nothing to do with Akufo Addo. Fool.

  • Fisco 5 days ago

    Whats the meaning of it was cleared by higher authorities, if they re going to sit at their offices clearing things that are of such sensitive nature like akuffo addo did then there is no need for the local authorities to be ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 5 days ago

    Hahahaha. Can’t this be funny? Can the Aircraft continue to fly in Ghana’s airspace without the Ghana Airforce and the Military for Defense not knowing anything about it?
    Is there any Landing Terminal over there? Hahahah ...
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  • Integrity 21 hours ago

    There's an age-old airstip at Paga ... exactly where this mysterious plane has been landing, alledgedly

  • Osika 5 days ago

    Thy did but regional police commander ordered them to release the aircraft

  • Kwadwo 5 days ago

    The govt must quickly come out to explain what is going on in that part of the country. The continued silence of govt on such a serious matter indicates either complicity in an illegal activity or stark 0incompetence.

    The ...
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  • Weed of Wisdom 5 days ago

    What about if the occupants of the aircraft are Ntim Fordjour the Cannary Island fool and Stephen Amoah alias Sticka the Flying saucer pilot.? They landed on Earth and not necessary Paga. What do you think they were looking ...
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  • GH8 5 days ago

    Gyimeefoo ba. No wonder you call yourself 'weed'. We are talking about serious national security issues and because of your unwarranted hatred for some people, you are making such dumb comment. Shame on you odwanba.

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  • Oprege 4 days ago

    Northern Ghana are the smartest if they decide to use their brains if not fighting ! Look at the quality of the article and the vigilance by the youth and their actions towards the matter . Problem is , they result too often ...
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  • Scorp1 4 days ago

    The Youth Movement is apparently not aware of the State of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Ghana and USA signed on May 9, 2018 by Dominic Nitiwul (Defense Minister) on behalf of Akufo-Addo & Ghana
    Here is what Ghana agreed ...
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  • Adante 5 days ago

    The gov high command knows about this aircraft. They can't disclose certain information to the public

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana leaders, cleanliness is Godliness 5 days ago

    Either the US govt or its representative is selling arms to some Burkina Militia intended on overtaking the current Burkina govt because USA don't like the fact that this current Burkina leader has surr8himself with russia. N ...
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  • Kwadwo 5 days ago

    @ Adante. Are you trying to suggest that the govt is now afraid of sharing information with the people who voted it into power?

  • Nonsense 5 days ago

    I don't know why some group of people think they must know everything for it to be acceptable...they were actually trespassing on security issues...

  • ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY 5 days ago

    How can Government remain silent over such an issue?

  • Duka daya 5 days ago

    Weird story

  • Buglisongo 5 days ago

    It is not every information de public need to know.

  • Kofi 5 days ago

    Joke

  • Then land in ministries next time.. Idiot 5 days ago

    This is our land.. Kwasia kwa

  • we're ready 5 days ago

    I smell an ex parties evil machinations at work. Ghana is no longer free for all but the law will catch up with you dirty crooks very soon

  • Citizen 5 days ago

    Well done Paga Youth Movement for being vigilant. You are doing well for your community. I have been monitoring the activities of the Paga Youth Movement and they are development oriented. They were right when they demanded t ...
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  • Coup 5 days ago

    A Dwarf nearly sold it as an Airbase to a super power for $20 million p3

  • Wwwe 5 days ago

    Lol they are coming to take gold for the black Volta looters and sankofa looters

  • Azure 5 days ago

    If the security agencies responsible for overseeing all activities at the airstrip are unaware of the concerns raised by the youth group allegations, then any further reocurrence of such activities should be tackled using the ...
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  • Bernard Boakye 5 days ago

    That number is Ghana surveillance aircraft operated by national security intelligence agencies

  • Rev Ray Lartey 4 days ago

    Since when?

  • AK 5 days ago

    Maybe it's another attempt to get rid of the Head of State of Burkina aso. The Minister of Interior must speak out.

  • KBM 5 days ago

    Not very long ago some aircrafts alleged to be carrying some identified goods landed in Accra and Ghanaian authorities denied any wrong doing. This time around the goalposts have been shifted to far away north; the aircraft h ...
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  • KBM 5 days ago

    This is exactly what happened during PNDC regime.I saw that when Libyan planes landed at Kotoka nobody or any material moved out the plane the whole day, the next morning the plane had gone back. These planes were cleared by ...
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  • Bati 5 days ago

    That is Mahamas government for Ghana. Strange things happening in Ghana, which the current government cannot explain. Piaaaa, Ghana is sitting on time bomb that is ready anytime to explode.

  • Nana osei 5 days ago

    Even the locals are goodneithbtbeir investigation and concern for the country. At this point, Ghana do not have equipment to monitor activities around its borders

  • Nonsense 5 days ago

    Aircrafts do not need permission from this group of people before flying. And how do they know it is American with weapons for burkina faso.....

  • Teddy more 5 days ago

    Ministry of defence should investigate as soon as possible and let the township knows.

  • Brigadier Sabari v.2 5 days ago

    The national drugs Congress (NDC) at it again

  • Comment with caution 5 days ago

    Be careful how you comment. You are impugning that the government is air trafficking drugs. Since you're the one alledging the burden of proof is on you.

  • Asd 5 days ago

    They should burn it next time

  • DEEVINITY 5 days ago

    Now you know why the Burkina boys crossed over. But then again in the murky world of espionage, COINTEL and subterfuge this could mean all sorts of entanglement and perceived enemies and friends may be double-aiding and tripl ...
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  • It can't be true 5 days ago

    It can't be true that the head of REGSEC does not know about the issue rather, the Regional Polce Command does. No! I believe that it is a national security management process. It is not everything about national security tha ...
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  • Martin Kreisler 5 days ago

    A big problem is that, the Ghana Airforce is currently not well-enough equiped to protect our air space, which leaves the country in a very vulnerable position.

  • Yoooo! 5 days ago

    The police commander who authorised its release, did so by ‘order from above’ and must be questioned.

  • Agbeli Kumordziì 5 days ago

    Ghanaweb is becoming NPP properganda machine

  • Zionism is racism 5 days ago

    Ghana will serve as a military base for Americans to attack the Sahel countries because they are trying to get free from western domination.

  • Chai!!! 5 days ago

    Next you sight it, blow it up.

  • sosu 5 days ago

    ndc leaders will just go in for money and everything dies up.

  • ananseba 5 days ago

    Ghana should not be playing an American poodle' We should close the American military base in Ghana immediately.Don't let the West destroy the Sahel. We do so at our own peril. They are not and never have been interested in t ...
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  • Alhaji 4 days ago

    Unfortunately Ghana has fallen for it. The plan is US surveillance plan preparing maps for attach on Burkina

  • QS 5 days ago

    It is only the national security that can determine if the aircraft has clearance or not and if they said it has clearance, what explanation again are the people looking for. Not everything that can be disclosed.

  • Ga Mashed 5 days ago

    So the residents are saying that issue of national security must be made public. The word "security" emanated from the word secret. So what do the resident want to know?. They want the information so the can communicate to th ...
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  • Prudhomme - Ghana - A failed state without modern security 4 days ago

    You obviously do not understand statecraft. The state does not have to explicitly inform the public about the inner workings. However, they can simply deny or confirm it is a national security action.

    And how can the local ...
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  • Citizen 4 days ago

    "if you see something say something" .This is the national security strategy of Ghana. The youth group did the right thing. The youth group is concerned because the District Assembly and District security agencies also did no ...
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  • Prudhomme - Ghana - A failed state without modern security 4 days ago

    The GAF is not equipped with any serious military stuff for any encounter. They also lack modern training, physically and digitally.

    The GAF exists only in name!

  • Micro Minor Press Conference 4 days ago

    The money to equip GAF should be used in recruiting teachers and nurses.

  • Alhaji 4 days ago

    US is preparing an attack plan on Burkina Faso. I wish I can communicate to Burkina authorities. They should be battle ready

  • Obra 4 days ago

    The scammers are illegally siphoning our gold and precious metals away. Just as the guinea fowls flew to Burkina

  • Kevin USA 4 days ago

    That is stupid Ghana for you. No airspace regulations and Ghanaian are allowing US to use them against our African countries. Shame on Ghana. My Ghanaian youth in Paga. Burns that Aircraft to ashes if it landed there again. V ...
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  • Paga Citizen Association 4 days ago

    Well spoken Kevin. We shall burn it whenever we see such aircraft again. I am NDC supporter but we shall not allow Ghana to partner with USA to spy on Burkina Faso. If Ghana would not do anything we shall inform Burkina Faso ...
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  • OSAFO KANTANKA 4 days ago

    I think the Youth of PAGA have a Right to take the law into their hands if they are not happy about the situation.

  • Adams 4 days ago

    The Paga youth should unit and fight that unlawful landing of an aircraft before they were taken by chance. What is Ghana Air Force doing about this. How can an aircraft landed in this location not once or twice but several t ...
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  • kofi 4 days ago

    President MAHAMA is dangerous as TINUBU of Nigeria, there was a coup de'tat yesterday in Burkina Faso and l think he has a hand in it.
    MAHAMA is fake just like Satanic Akuffo Addo.The plane in the picture is used to spy on B ...
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  • Kwame 3 days ago

    Cut all military agreements with USA now

  • Yoooo! 1 day ago

    The police commander who authorised its release, did so by ‘order from above’ and must be questioned.