Security analyst Andrews Asiedu Tetteh has claimed that the riot which occurred outside the Hwidiem Police Station on November 1, 2025, after a joint anti-illegal mining team arrested two individuals and seized vehicles and weapons at a nearby site, is not surprising.
He stated that the courage of the over 500-strong angry mob that stormed the police station was something that was bound to happen.
The analyst noted that this had occurred because “our leaders had failed in prioritizing security issues.”
He therefore warned that the nation must “prepare for worse scenarios” if the way security issues are handled in Ghana remains unchanged.
“What happened at Hwidiem Police Station was not surprising. We all saw it coming. We allowed it to happen. Any security analyst worth his salt knew this day would come. Analysts knew a day will come when the youth of Ghana will face off with the military, [and] police stations would be set ablaze. We knew a day would come when the youth would gather the boldness and wield guns and storm the Burma Camp and attack the facility. This is because the government had refused to act. If care is not taken, we will reach the point where we will witness gun and shooting exchanges between our security services and the youth. The security gaps we will witness will be worse.”
Andrews Asiedu Tetteh called for a comprehensive review of the national security approach.
He also expressed shock at the alleged involvement of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the riot that happened in the community.
He insisted that the MP “must be punished severely.”
The security analyst further claimed that President John Dramani “has no clue in keeping Ghanaians safe or managing the security of the country.”
He added that about 90 percent of Ghanaians have called for the declaration of a state of emergency, and yet the President has refused, claiming the national security had not advised him to do so.
He said President Mahama must accept responsibility for illegal mining because he has no intention of dealing with it, adding, “If Ghanaians fail to take our security into our own hands and continue to depend on politicians, we will be in trouble. We have to demonstrate to President John Dramani Mahama that he is incompetent on security matters and that we are not satisfied with his performance on security’’.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
