The Ghana Police Service has described as false allegations by the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, that the arrest of the party’s presidential candidate for Awutu Senya East, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, was an order from above.
The party’s chairman had claimed that some senior police officials, including the Accra Regional Police Commander, CID Director-General, and Inspector-General of Police, told him the arrest of three individuals with firearms in Ofaakor was an order from above.
But the police have, through a statement, refuted the claims.
The police, in their statement, indicated that they have received a video of Asiedu Nketiah claiming that some seniors in the police have told him the arrest was based on an order from above.
The police reacting to the claims described them as “false and baseless,” stating that the arrest was a legitimate enforcement of the law, without any external influence.
It explained that the suspects including the party’s candidate were arreste at the Electoral Commission offices in Ofaakor with a Pump Action gun and ammunition.
Find below the statement
The attention of the Ghana Police Service has been drawn to a video in which Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia is heard claiming that the Accra Regional Police Commander, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Inspector-General of Police had indicated to him that the arrest of some three persons for possession of firearms at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Constituency was based on an order from above.
We would like to categorically state that the claims are false and without any bases. None of the officers mentioned in the video has at any point in time made any such pronouncement.
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.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
