An NPP delegate has alleged that Ghanaian media personality Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah fired a warning shot during the disturbances that disrupted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Afigya Sekyere East Constituency executive elections.
According to the NPP delegate, she personally witnessed Okatakyie Afrifa with a gun and firing a warning shot.
Speaking to the media in a video shared by Ghana Chronicles, the NPP delegate stated, “We were all standing preparing for everything to go well; that was even the first time I have seen him. I have never seen him before.
He came along with bodyguards and Machoman wearing masks. I was standing in front of the Mission House when some people disclosed that he was Okatakyie”.
She further alleged, “He began destroying the materials that would be used for the election, saying they would not allow the elections to proceed. He was also part; even the commander was trying to calm him down, but he pushed the commander, and he fell.
The Police also got enraged after he pushed their commander; then Okatakyie fired a gunshot. He fired it himself; I was just standing here watching them”.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti North Region have confirmed that media personality Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah was arrested following disturbances that disrupted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Afigya Sekyere East Constituency executive elections.
According to the Police, the suspect, Kwame Afrifa Mensah, aged 43, was arrested together with six others to assist with investigations.
They further disclosed that the incident occurred at about 7:45 am on Sunday, July 12, 2026, at the SDA Church polling station when Okatakyie led a group of about 30 macho men to the polling station.
In a statement issued by the Ashanti North Regional Police Command on Monday, July 13 detailed, “POLICE RESTORE CALM DURING NPP CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS AT WIAMOASE
The Ashanti North Regional Police Command wishes to inform the public that the Police restored calm following a disturbance during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Efigya Sekyere East Constituency Executive Elections held at the SDA Church polling station, Wiamoase, in the Ashanti North Region.
On Sunday, 12th July 2026, at about 7:45 a.m, one Kwame Afrifa Mensah, aged 43 years, led a group of about thirty (30) macho men to the SDA Church polling station. When security personnel engaged the group to ascertain the purpose of their presence, they became aggressive, attacked the police, and disrupted the electoral process by throwing electoral materials onto the ground.
The suspected ring leader, Kwame Afrifa Mensah, together with six (6) others, were swiftly arrested to assist with investigations, while the remaining members of the group escaped. Efforts are underway to arrest the other suspects.
Preliminary investigations indicate that suspect Kwame Afrifa Mensah claimed that some of his supporters had been sidelined in the electoral process and that he had obtained an interlocutory injunction to halt the elections. However, neither the Electoral Commission nor the Police received any court order or injunction directing that the elections be suspended. Following the intervention of the police, calm was restored, and voting resumed under adequate security. The election ended peacefully at about 4:00 p.m., after which the Electoral Commission duly declared the results.
Later on the same day, suspect Afrifa Mensah and another suspect, Osman Awuni, aged 44 years, complained of ill health and were taken to the Mampong Government Hospital where they were ıdmitted for treatment. The two suspects remain under police guard while receiving treatment. Investigations are ongoing, and the public will be updated on any further developments”.
The Police statement follows, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah, who was arrested following the chaos and violence that marred the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Afigya Sekyere East Constituency executive elections in the Ashanti Region.
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I saw Okatakyie Afrifa mensah with a gun, he fired a warning shot, eyewitness report in the chaotic scene at Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Elections pic.twitter.com/giWlPkZs5M
— GHANA CHRONICLES (@_GhChronicles) July 14, 2026
