Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin is alleging that the video in which he was seen knocking the head of a police officer was to defend an unprovoked act of violence against him during the “Save the Judiciary” demonstration at Parliament House.
A viral video on social media had the leader hitting the head of the officer with a knock, for which reason he has been invited by the police for questioning.
But in a statement issued on May 5, 2025, Afenyo-Markin claimed that Constable Forson struck him forcefully on the chest near his heart as he approached the barricade to present a petition.
“The impact of the hit dazed me, and I was visibly shaken and short of breath,” he said.
The Effutu Member of Parliament noted that senior police officers and colleagues had to intervene by providing water and helping him stabilise before he proceeded with the petition presentation.
“What makes this assault particularly egregious is that the officer was being openly reprimanded by his superiors and fellow officers at the time, yet he defiantly responded that he didn’t care who I was,” he said.
He further criticised attempts to twist the narrative, accusing elements within the opposition of using the incident to deflect attention from the demonstration’s core constitutional concerns.
“We must not be distracted from the purpose of the demonstration. We marched to defend the Constitution and the independence of the judiciary—principles that must be protected at all costs,” he asserted.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
