The campaign billboards of two Nigerian
presidential candidates erected in Ghana’s capital, Accra have been
pulled down following an order by the country’s (Ghana) national
security agency.
The billboards of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party featuring President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as those
of the main opposition All Progressives Congress of Muhammadu Buhari,
located on Accra roads, were pulled down over the weekend by the Accra
Metropolitan Assembly.
The decision to pull down the billboards
was said to have come amid fears by some Ghanaians that their country
could be drawn indirectly into the politics of Nigeria, with security
implications, especially with the Boko Haram terrorists wreaking havoc
in Nigeria.
Following the order by the National Security, according to GhanaWeb,
a security expert at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training
Centre, Dr. Kwesi Annin, had indicated that Ghana had been saved from a
possible attack by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, by pulling down the
billboards put up in some parts of Accra.
Punch
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