Some National Executives of the NPP, including its National Organizer, Henry Nana Boakye, General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, National Youth Organizer, Salam Mustapha, John Boadu, Pius Enam Hadzide, Moses Abor, Lawyer Baffour Awuah, and party faithful, are here in their numbers and have stormed the CID Headquarters to demand the release of their activists.
Salam Mustapha condemned the arrest and detention of two TikTok personalities, Fante Comedy and Akosua Jollof, as well as the apprehension of social media activist Daniel Adomako, aka Sir-Obama Pokuase, describing the actions of the Ghana Police Service as “shamelessly biased” and “absolutely partisan.”
The group expressed shock that the police would, in their words, “waste resources to arrest and detain young citizens” over comments made in a viral video, which they acknowledged were “unsuitable for the moment” but posed no actionable threat.
While Fante Comedy and Akosua Jollof have been arrested for commentary and threats of harm against President John Mahama, the police say Sir Obama’s arrest is in connection with “ongoing intelligence-led operations by the Police and other security agencies aimed at dismantling networks involved in the illegal possession and display of sophisticated weapons.
He emphasised that freedom of speech is a constitutional right, accusing the police of adopting a partisan approach under the current administration. The statement alleged that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), who previously served as Deputy IGP under the NPP government, had shown tolerance for “worse reckless comments and videos” by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the past, questioning what they described as the “intolerance” towards NPP sympathisers today.
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