Following the backlash being received by the John Mahama government over the one-year jail sentence of TikToker Camila Alhassan, a netizen has dropped a list of persons who were also arrested, kidnapped, or tortured under the former Akufo-Addo government.
The netizen’s post was copied from Bongo Ideas lists over a dozen Ghanaian journalists, activists, lawyers, and citizens allegedly arrested, beaten, detained, or killed for criticising or protesting the former NPP government.
The post names cases like Caleb Kudah, Captain Smart, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, and Ahmed Suale.
The netizen in his post wrote, “Persons arrested, kidnapped, tortured for criticizing/working under the current NPP gov’t.
– Caleb Kudah: Citi FM journalist arrested, beaten, detained for taking pictures
– Captain Smart: Onua TV journalist arrested, detained severally for criticising government
– Oliver Barker: Ghanaian lawyer arrested and detained for protesting and criticising the government. Charged with treason!
– Ralph St Williams: Reportedly arrested for demonstrating against $58M spent on the national cathedral
– Oheneba Boamah Bennie: Power FM journalist jailed and fined for criticising the president in the 2020 election petition
– Bobbie Ansah: Accra FM’s journalist arrested and detained for publishing a story
– Mensah Thompson: CEO of ASEPA arrested and detained for publishing a story
– Eric Nana Gyetuah: Connect FM journalist arrested and beaten by police
– Selorm Gborbidzi: Finder newspaper reporter arrested for filming a scuffle between a police officer and a driver
– Efia Odo: Celebrity arrested together with 14 others for staging #fixthecountrydemo
– Nicholas Morkah: Akyemansa FM journalist arrested and beaten by soldiers for filming them
– Bulldog: Artist manager arrested and detained for reportedly threatening the president.
– Salamatu Mohammed: Mother of four arrested for wishing the president dead in a viral video
– Sacut Amenga-Etego: Freelance journalist arrested and beaten for filming suspects in custody
– Shalimar Abbiusi: New Force spokesperson arrested, detained and eventually deported for not being a Ghanaian
– Ahmed Suale: Shot and killed in Madina for his investigative reporting by unknown men on a motorbike
And do you know the funny thing? None of these individuals threatened the president’s life, called him a pedo or alleged that he used rituals to win.
I know your thinking capacity is on the same level as your height, so I entreat you to pick a phone, open the camera and say what’s on your mind too, so in the future when NPP comes to power, you could be rewarded”.
Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament has ordered the Mahama administration to discontinue the reported second prosecution of jailed TikToker Camilla Alhassan.
The Minority in Parliament demanded a halt to the use of what it describes as outdated laws that criminalise free speech.
Afenyo-Markin, the Minority leader, urged the government to immediately stop all prosecutions under Sections 207 and 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, asserting that the provisions have no place in a modern democracy.
Speaking at a press conference in Parliament on Friday, July 17 2026, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated, “We demand the immediate withdrawal of all pending prosecutions under Sections 207 and 208 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, including the second prosecution threatened against Camilla Alhassan”.
Afenyo-Markin also demanded the release of persons currently serving prison terms under the provisions.
He added, “We demand the discharge of any person currently serving a sentence, including Kwame Nkrumah II. There’s a gentleman, Kwame Nkrumah II, who was jailed about six months ago over a TikTok video”.
“We demand the passage, without delay, of legislation repealing both sections. The Mighty Minority is proposing legislation along the lines of the bill already before the House,” he said.
“We are asking His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama to ensure that no prosecution is undertaken by the police forthwith,” he said.
See the post below:
Persons arrested, kidnapped, tortured for criticizing/working under the current NPP gov’t
— PATRICK KWAME SAH (@KwameSah85545) July 17, 2026
– Caleb Kudah: Citi FM journalist arrested, beaten, detained for taking pictures
– Captain Smart: Onua TV journalist arrested, detained severally for criticizing government
– Oliver… pic.twitter.com/XCmTkFRpas
@ghnow_ “This is where Camilla sells her Indomie. Even those of us who have shaken Akufo-Addo’s hand wouldn’t do what she did.” — A man reacts to the sentencing of Camilla Alhassan over false remarks against President Mahama. #GHNow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ Be very careful with me. That should be your first and last – Bodi MP, Sampson Ahi warns Habib.
♬ original sound – GHnow
