A/R: Police Restore Order at NPP Efigya Sekyere East Constituency Elections

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has restored calm following a disturbance during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Efigya Sekyere East Constituency Executive Elections at the SDA Church polling station in Wiamoase.

According to a press release issued on Sunday, July 13, 2026, the incident occurred on July 12, 2026, at about 7:45 a.m. when Kwame Afrifa Mensah, 43, allegedly led a group of about 30 “macho” men to the polling station.

The Police said when security personnel engaged the group to ascertain their purpose, they became aggressive, attacked the officers and disrupted the electoral process by throwing electoral materials onto the ground.

The suspected ringleader, Kwame Afrifa Mensah, together with six others, were swiftly arrested to assist with investigations. The remaining members of the group escaped, but the Command said efforts are underway to arrest them.

Preliminary investigations indicate that Mr Afrifa Mensah claimed some of his supporters had been sidelined in the electoral process and that he had obtained an interlocutory injunction to halt the elections.

However, the Police stated that neither the Electoral Commission nor the Police received any court order or injunction directing that the elections be suspended.

Following police intervention, 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, 44, complained of ill health and were taken to the Mampong Government Hospital, where they were admitted for treatment.

The two suspects remain under police guard while receiving treatment.

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