One individual has been arrested with a forged document during the ongoing military recruitment exercise at the El-Wak Stadium.
The Ghana Armed Forces confirmed the news of the arrest.
The Director of Protocol for the Ghana Armed Forces, Colonel Evelyn Asamoah, revealed on Thursday, November 20, 2025, that the suspect will be dealt with in line with established procedures.
Also, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), William Agyapong, together with members of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, led by James Agalga, have visited the El Wak Stadium to monitor the recruitment exercise.
This comes after GAF, in a press statement on Monday, November 17, 2025, signed by Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin (Ghana Navy), Acting Director General of Public Relations, also announced the resumption of its recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region.
According to GAF, its recruitment exercise resumes beginning Thursday, November 20, 2025.
They also announced that the screening process will be placed in eight sub-centres within five key locations in Accra.
Meanwhile, Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, the Acting Director-General of the Department of Public Relations of the GAF, has provided an update on the victims of last Wednesday’s stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium.
According to Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, three out of the five patients initially admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) have been moved to another ward.
Speaking in an Interview on Citi Eyewitness News on Monday, November 17, Captain Arhin explained, “The injured are doing well, they are at the hospital, and they are receiving the best of care. On the day of the incident, we had five people in the ICU. As we speak, three of them are doing well and they have been moved to another ward”.
“On the day of the incident, 29 people were brought to the hospital. As we speak now, we have about 16 currently there. Others are all receiving care, some have been discharged, and they have gone home, and they are getting the best of care. We are praying that we do not lose another life, so we are giving them all the best that we can,” she added.
She further revealed that GAF is taking all the financial burden at the 37 Military Hospital, covering the full medical cost of all victims with support from the government.
“37 Hospital is taking the full bill of anybody that comes there with any form of accident related to the stampede, and for that matter, the government,” Captain Arhin assured.