When an elderly woman tried to embrace the president during an event, the security team assigned to him moved quickly to keep him safe. President Akufo-Addo, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, is seen in a video that has gone viral on social media at a wings parade at the Air Force base in Accra on Friday, November 29, 2024, among senior military leaders.
An elderly woman who was too thrilled to see the President tried to give him a hug but was halted in her tracks when she was circulating the parade grounds to greet guests and visitors in the stands. On social media, Ghanaians' reactions to the video have been mixed.