The Ghana Police Service has denied allegations made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia. The NDC Chairman claimed that the Accra Regional Police Commander, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), and the Inspector-General of Police had informed him that the arrest of three individuals for possession of firearms at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Constituency was based on an “order from above.”
In response to a video sighted by the police service, they released an official statement.
“We would like to categorically state that the claims are false and without any basis. None of the officers mentioned in the video has at any point in time made any such pronouncement,” the statement read.
The police further clarified, “We wish to emphasize that all three suspects were arrested when a Pump Action gun with four rounds of ammunition was found in their vehicle at the offices of the Electoral Commission at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East constituency of the Central region. They have subsequently been cautioned and granted bail.”
Below is the statement:
