Ghana Armed Forces Have Already Selected Persons for the Recruitment What Is Currently Ongoing Is a Facade – Kennedy Ohene Agyapong on Stampede incident at El-Wak

Former Assin Central MP, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, has dropped a political bombshell, accusing the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the government of orchestrating a deceptive recruitment exercise while secretly selecting their preferred candidates behind closed doors.

His fiery outburst follows the tragic El-Wak Sports Stadium incident, where six job-seeking youth lost their lives and dozens sustained injuries in a stampede during the ongoing military recruitment process. The heartbreaking scene, captured on video, has sparked public outrage and a nationwide call for accountability.

Kennedy Agyapong, known for his outspoken and no-nonsense style, didn’t mince words. He described the entire recruitment process as “a scam” — claiming that most of the supposed open slots had already been filled long before the public exercise even began.

> “The sad part in all this is that they have already selected persons for the recruitment. I am a politician and I can tell you that what is currently ongoing is a facade,” he asserted.

He went further to allege that the tragedy at El-Wak was a result of a fake show of transparency meant to deceive the public:

> “The Armed Forces have already taken their people through the backdoor. What’s happening at El-Wak is just for cameras — it’s a complete show! These young men and women are dying for nothing.”

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His explosive claims have added a new twist to the national debate following the El-Wak disaster. Many Ghanaians have taken to social media expressing fury and frustration over what they see as a broken system that rewards political connections over merit.

Witnesses at El-Wak described chaotic scenes, with thousands of applicants overcrowding the stadium, leading to panic and suffocation. Emergency services struggled to control the crowd as several collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration.

The Ghana Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence are yet to publicly respond to Agyapong’s allegations. However, calls for a full-scale investigation are growing louder, with citizens demanding answers over how a recruitment drive meant to serve the nation turned into a deadly disaster.

Political analysts say Agyapong’s bold statement has reopened old wounds about corruption and nepotism in Ghana’s security recruitment systems — a topic many fear to discuss publicly.

For now, the families of the victims are left grieving and demanding justice, while the nation watches closely to see whether the government will act or allow this tragedy — and the allegations surrounding it — to fade away like so many before it.