There was no order from above in Naa Koryoo’s arrest – Police to Asiedu Nketiah

The Ghana Police Service has denied allegations made by the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, that senior police officials—including the Accra Regional Police Commander, CID Director-General, and Inspector-General of Police—claimed the arrest of three individuals with a pump-action gun and ammunition at Ofaakor was carried out on the orders of higher authorities.

According to the Police, they have a video in their possession showing Asiedu Nketiah alleging that some senior officers in the police informed him the arrest was based on an order from above.

The police, in a statement, described Asiedu Nketiah's allegations as "false and baseless," adding that the arrest was a legitimate enforcement of the law, without any external influence.

The Police further stated that no senior officer mentioned by Asiedu Nketiah made any such statements.

"We wish to emphasize that all three suspects were arrested when a pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition was found in their vehicle at the offices of the Electoral Commission at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East constituency of the Central region. They have subsequently been cautioned and granted bail," the statement concluded.

Find below the statement:

The attention of the Ghana Police Service has been drawn to a video in which Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah is heard claiming that the Accra Regional Police Commander, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Inspector-General of Police had indicated to him that the arrest of some three persons for possession of firearms at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Constituency was based on an order from above.

We would like to categorically state that the claims are false and without any bases. None of the officers mentioned in the video has at any point in time made any such pronouncement.

We wish to emphasize that all three suspects were arrested when a Pump Action gun with four rounds of ammunition was found in their vehicle at the offices of the Electoral Commission at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East constituency of the Central region. They have subsequently been cautioned and granted bail.