Women’s Organiser for the United Party, Hajia Gloria Amenu, has urged Ghanaians to take collective responsibility and demand the removal of explicit videos allegedly recorded and circulated online by a foreign national who is accused of luring Ghanaian women, filming intimate encounters without their consent and publishing the footage for financial gain.

Speaking on Newsfile on JoyNews on Saturday, February 21, Hajia Amenu questioned the role of citizens in the continued spread of the videos, describing the situation as a failure of patriotism and moral duty.

“We as Ghanaians have not been patriotic enough. We have so many women on social media, we have the Christian Council, we have the Muslim Council, and the first thing I keep asking myself is who are those sharing the videos?” she asked.

The case, which has triggered widespread outrage, involves allegations that a foreign national deliberately targeted Ghanaian women, secretly recorded intimate acts and uploaded the content online, reportedly to generate revenue.

Hajia Amenu lamented what she described as a decline in societal values, comparing the current situation with past norms.

“We are all from family backgrounds, and before, if you see the nakedness of a woman you would even prompt the person to dress up. What happened?” she said.

She called for immediate and coordinated action, particularly from women’s groups and faith-based organisations, to pressure social media platforms to remove the content.

“We should take a bold step to demand TikTok to withdraw all the videos and anything that has to do with it. Come together as women to voice out,” she urged.

According to her, the women at the centre of the controversy are victims who are enduring significant emotional and psychological distress.

“Those ladies are victims and they are going through so much emotional stress. The Ministry of Gender should at least give them psychological support,” she stated.

She recounted troubling reports of the personal toll on some of the affected women. “I saw a video of one lady whose husband divorced her, and I was hearing stories about one who also wants to take her own life,” she revealed.

Hajia Amenu insisted that sustained public pressure could compel the platform to act.

“Let’s come together, we can protest TikTok, we can demand that they withdraw all the videos from social media. If we request TikTok to withdraw those videos, they will have no option than to comply,” she said.

Beyond the immediate controversy, she raised broader concerns about Ghana’s cyber security preparedness, arguing that the country must strengthen its digital safeguards as technology continues to evolve.

“When it comes to the cyber security of Ghana, we have to step up. The world is now revolving and IT is growing day by day,” she noted.

She proposed the creation of a Ghana-specific digital application aimed at enhancing protection and monitoring, drawing comparisons with other countries.

“If we are going to Dubai, before entering Dubai, you will have to download an app that is solely for Dubai. China blocked WhatsApp; they are using their own app. That is another form of job creation for individuals,” she said.

“Let’s create an app that if you are coming to Ghana you would have to download that app and use it. It traces your movements,” she added.