The next time you try to get closer to the President of Ghana, look carefully to ensure that all his bodyguards do not have their overprotective cloaks on before you venture.
Whether he is in a heavily guarded car or trotting on his feet to a destination, there is clearly no safe space for those who want a closer look.
The outcome may not be as pleasant as the citizen might anticipate.
That may have been the case of an old man who was brutally pushed and crashed to the ground by a bodyguard in a video that has gone viral on social media.
The event that warranted the President’s presence is still unclear, but the manner in which the older man was pushed by the hefty bodyguard was captured on a clear camera by an onlooker who stood at a safe distance, unlike the old man.
In the 33-second video, the old man is seen rushing toward the car as he shouts “Nana nie” in a clearly complementary fashion with an outstretched hand, suggestively to give the President a high five.
The sequence of his plot was immediately twisted as he was met with a push to his chest, closer to the hem of his neck, that sent him to the ground, and quickly back on his feet to avoid being passed on by the President’s car.
Other guards surrounded him and appeared to admonish his carelessness, instead of consoling or dusting the literal dirt and emotional shame off him. The frail man’s only offence was to seek a wave or perhaps a closer view of President Akufo Addo.
The President’s car moved on to more shouts of accolades from the crowd on the scene as the abused old man was left out of the rest of the video chronicle of events.
This will not be the first scenario of a commoner who tried to catch a closer glimpse of a powerful leader in any country.
However, this will surely go down in history as one of the worst civilian treatment of a commoner who was pushed away in the clear view of the president to pave way for his car.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Where is the video?
I AM A SECURITY OFFICER IN USA. WHAT THE SECURITY OFFICER OR THE SECURITY BODYGUARD DID WAS RIGHT. HE THERE TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO-ADDO AT ANYTIME. IN SOME PLACE THAT MAN WHO TRY TO COME CLOSER TO THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME WILL BE ARRESTED. THE SECURITY OFFICER OR SECURITY BODYGUARD DID THE RIGHT THING.
I AM A SECURITY OFFICER IN USA. WHAT THE SECURITY OFFICER OR THE SECURITY BODYGUARD DID WAS RIGHT. HE THERE TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO-ADDO AT ANYTIME. IN SOME PLACE THAT MAN WILL BE ARRESTED HE DID THE RIGHT THING.
Vicky Winneba, who doesn't deserve what? This is not campaign period that you can go and even touch the candidate's car. This is a President of the country and you can't go to his moving car. If the President were on the ground and shaking hands then he could have gone closer for a handshake. Don't take security issues for granted. Who knows what was even in his pocket. We don't do such things for security sake. The guard did the right thing.
the bodyguard did his job. he would have lost his job if he didnt act fast. by the way, was the oldman trying to slap or shake the president? the way he was throwing his hand doesnt look like a handshake request to me.
Even shata wale slapped his body guard for allowing a fan to touch him before doing his job. The body guard did his job perfectly and this is no politics. Even if that old man is a friend of the president, that's not the right time to approach him, and watch the video carefully, the manner in which the old man approached the president was a bit scarry.
The bodyguard did his job .He can’t be taking chances. This is the president of our nation. If he slapped the president or somthing worse ( God forbid) people will say how comes the body guard and security services were allowed this to happen. It’s better to be judged by 12( jurors) than to be carried than 6( palbearers) I felt sorry for the old man who appears to really wanted to greet the president but one can’t take chances . bodyguard weldone
Lets stop been ***barred word***.. our media space is becoming ***barred word*** to the extend of fake news... did you not hear the people standing by saying " he should not have done that" ***barred word*** hungry stomach journalist and writers...
mnteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew kai, what if he was allowed and hit the president. Ghanafo) kasa haba
WHAT IS THIS "Akufo-Addo’s Bodyguard Punches Oldman"...AND IN THE STORY YOU SAID PUSHES AN OLD MAN. MR. ONLINE EDITOR DO A GOOD JOB...BULL******barred word*** WORK.