El-Wak Stadium Stampede: Potential Recruit Narrates What Led to the Passing of 6 Colleagues
- A potential Ghana Armed Forces recruit has shared her eyewitness account of the El-Wak Stadium Stampede on November 12, 2025
- According to the young lady who survived the stampede, there was too much pressure at the gates, leading to some people falling over
- A total of 34 people, six of whom lost their lives, were caught in the stampede which occurred during the screening of GFA recruits
A potential recruit of the Ghana Army has narrated the circumstances leading to a stampede at El-Wak Sports Stadium on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Six people, all females, passed away after a stampede occurred at the sports arena during a Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) screening of potential recruits.
A statement released by the GAF indicated that the deceased and others who were injured had been sent to the 37 Military Hospital in the capital city.
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Addressing Parliament, the acting Minister of Defence, Dr Casiel Ato Forson, disclosed that the stampede affected 34 people in total.
Apart from the six deceased, five others were said to be in a critical condition at the ICU, 12 were fairly critical, and the rest were stable.
He announced the suspension of the recruitment exercise and the constitution of a board of enquiry to investigate the unfortunate incident.
Watch Ato Forson's statement in Parliament below:
El-Wak stampede caused by pressure at gate
As Ghanaians deal with the unfortunate incident, the question lingering online has been what might have triggered the chaotic situation that led to the stampede.
A potential recruit who witnessed the incident has provided insight into the happenings at the El-Wak Stadium before the stampede.
According to the young woman who spoke to Joy News, there was too much pressure at the gates, which led to some people falling and being trampled upon.
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She explained that the crowd of potential recruits gathered at the stadium entrance before the gates were opened.
At one point, they were told to go back, but this was not possible, with others even climbing the stadium wall to get out.
"Going back was not possible. If you say you are going back, it's either you fall down, or they will step on you. So some people were climbing the wall because they couldn't go back.
"When they released the door for us to go in, the pressure was too much. We were just pushing each other. Everybody was trying their best to get in. Others were falling on the ground, and we were stepping on them because we could not do anything about it.
"When a person falls, you cannot do anything about it. What you could do is just step on the person and go out, and it was not our fault," she said.
El-Wak stampede: Pusiga MP's reaction sparks backlash
YEN.com.gh also recently reported that the MP for the Pusiga constituency, Laadi Ayii Ayamba, had reacted to the tragic demise of six individuals from the stampede incident at the El-Wak Sports Stadium.
The MP's remarks about the incident attracted criticism from her colleagues in parliament, with netizens categorising the statement as 'insensitive' and blasting the parliamentarian on social media.
Source: YEN.com.gh
