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, a Ghanaian media personality, 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.
According to reports, the chaos ensued when Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah attempted to present a court document indicating that the election had been injuncted.
In a post shared on TikTok, Ghanaian blogger Dek360 sharing the video, wrote, “Chaos and violence have marred the NPP Afigya Sekyere East Constituency executive elections following the arrest of Okatakyie Afrifa and several members of his team by the Ghana Police Service.
“Members of Okatakyie’s team were assaulted during the incident. Although a court injunction had reportedly been served to halt the elections, the confrontation occurred while Afrifa was attempting to present the legal documents to law enforcement officers”.
A viral footage from the scene showed several men in civilian clothing amid a heavy deployment of armed personnel from the Ghana Police Service.
Afrifa-Mensah, who was wearing a green and black jersey with yellow stripes, was seen being escorted by police officers into the back of a police vehicle, with other individuals also taken into custody, while some fled the scene.
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