An elderly man in a viral video has issued a challenge to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government while threatening judges.
In the viral video, the man challenged the NDC government to arrest him and also threatened to kill any judge who would preside over his case when arrested.
Speaking in a viral video shared on X, the elderly man stated, “NDC, you people should come arrest me and let me see, I swear I will kill the judge who will preside over my case and kill everybody”.
Some Ghanaians on X reacting to the viral video shared by ‘we love ghana’ stated, “@GhPoliceService Please, we need to sanitise the system. Any miscreant should be dealt with,please”.
A netizen added, “Where is the ‘a few minutes later part. In this video, he hasn’t said anything to be arrested for unless previous speeches, because calling for your arrest when you aren’t guilty of threatening others is vague.
He should cross his freedom and let’s see.
Not all old people have sense la”.
“This isn’t freedom of speech! @GhPoliceService, please answer to this missed call with all urgency”, a netizen added.
One X user added, “When the police arrest him right now to face the law for threatening citizens, he will say NDC and the president arrested him. Meanwhile, there’s a limit to free speech all over the world. Oh, Ghana, we like over-learning certain things too much”.
Meanwhile, following the return of President John Dramani Mahama to office on January 7, 2025, there has been a wave of arrests involving social media commentators accused of spreading hate speech, inciting violence, and targeting public officials online.
At his first media briefing on Wednesday, September 10, President Mahama called for stricter regulation of social media platforms, warning that apps such as TikTok, X, Facebook, and WhatsApp are increasingly being used to spread dangerous and inflammatory content.
Citing the ongoing Bawku conflict, Mahama expressed concern over incendiary online comments that he said were deepening divisions and fuelling violence.
According to John Mahama, some social media posts connected to the conflict were encouraging hatred among citizens and threatening national security.
John Mahama further issued a strong warning to individuals using social media to promote hate speech and incitement, stressing that Ghanaian authorities have the ability to trace offenders through their digital footprints to arrest them.
“So, I’m sending a signal to Ghanaians that we can find you, you those doing hate speeches and things, we’ll use your IP numbers, we’ll trace you and deal with you under the criminal law, violence for inciting. But I think that beyond that, we must start making regulations for this new media because it’s unregulated, so everybody takes a phone and says anything”.
True to his remarks, several social media commentators have since been arrested over allegations of hate speech, threats, incitement, and attacks on public officials.
Watch the video below:
NDC, you people should come arrest me and let me see, I swear I will k!llthe judge and k!ll everybody
— we love ghana (@weloveghana042) May 24, 2026
_ A man threatens the Chief Judge and members of the NDC pic.twitter.com/JW42fCnatG
