President John Mahama expressed dissatisfaction over terror alert leaked to the media by security agencies

President John Mahama has expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of secrecy among security agencies in the country following leakage of an internal memo from National Security confirming a planned terrorist attack on Ghana.

Even though the President urged Ghanaians not to panic over the terror alert leaked to the media, yet Mahama was unhappy with certain details contained in the memo.

Speaking on GBC Sunrise FM in Koforidua, the Eastern Region capital on Thursday as part of his “accounting to the people” tour, he said it was unnecessary for the alert to be leaked to the media by the security agencies.

“I think that we must deal with this without creating panic amongst our people and that is why the stories we saw in the papers on Thursday are most unfortunate,” the President said.

The leaked security document reveals a Malian terrorist said to be the brain behind the attack on the Grand Bassam resort in Ivory Coast, during interrogation by Ivorian security officials, allegedly confessed that there was a planned to attack Ghana and Togo.

Following that information, Ghana was put on a high alert.

The suspected Malian terrorist was arrested after the attack on the Grand Bassam Hotel.

However, President Mahama, who is unhappy about the alert leakage, assured that the nation's security agencies were well placed to deal with any form of threat.

"We are preparing for any such eventuality but we need the alertness of the public; the public needs to be more alert today than before, if you see any strange person, any strange movement, you just need to report to the security services," President Mahama entreated.